5 Must-Grows for Salad Lovers
There are so many plants worth growing if you’re someone who loves summer salads… and they are much more exciting than just lettuce! Here are some of our top picks…
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Growing & Using Edible Flowers
Edible flowers are such a great addition to the veg patch. They’ll provide beautiful flowers all summer, for you and the bees to enjoy. Here’s a quick guide to growing…
5 Unusual herb plants to grow
If you’ve already got all the essentials like mint, rosemary, thyme, sage and parsley in your garden, then here are a few less common herbs to try growing this year.
Keeping rabbits off your crops
If you have a problem with rabbits in the veg plot, then you may be relieved to read that you don’t need to bury a deep rabbit-proof fence into the…
My favourite squashes – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I’ve been choosing which winter squashes to grow, and realised that I’ve tried all of the different varieties from Rocket Gardens now. So… I thought I’d give you all the…
3 ways to protect your crops – which is best?
We’re looking at three types of crop protection this week – clear polythene, horticultural fleece and mesh netting. All three are designed to cover your crops, and in doing so…
April in the Veg Patch
It’s a confusing spring. Hopefully, memories of snow or hail on the ground will fade into the past. There is plenty to do in the veg patch this month, but…
Waiting for Plants?
Here’s the lowdown on what to expect if you have already ordered plants with us for this season… What will the plants look like when they arrive? Most plants will…
A Spring To-Do List – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
My veg patch is an absolute shambles at the moment. There was a time when it looked like the photo above, but that was at the start of last spring….
How to Grow Veggies All Year Round
Some of the things we are harvesting right now include purple sprouting broccoli, spring onions, kale, spinach and salad leaves. These were planted in September and have been growing over…
Early Spring in the Veg Patch
Mid March always gets us excited for spring, and we know you’ll all be wanting to get going in the garden as soon as you can. Here’s a quick guide…
Growing Sweetcorn: Corn-on-the-Cob v Baby Corn
There are two types of sweetcorn that you can grow with Rocket Gardens – Sweet Nugget (pictured above) is your normal, corn-on-the-cob, and Minipop is a baby corn. They are…