Success with tomatoes
Tomatoes are a real kitchen garden favourite, and if you decide to grow them you’ll be wanting to give them the best start…here are a few tips and tricks that…
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Building the best Bean & Pea Supports for the job
Climbing beans, peas, mangetout and sugarsnaps all need something to support them, but each grows to a different height and climbs in a slightly different way. Here’s our guide to…
How to grow successful brassicas
Brassicas, like kale, cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli, have the ability to frustrate the novice gardener but they are good growers once you get the basics right. Brassicas (veg plants from…
Competition Time!
Win a Family Favourites Year Round Veg Patch from Rocket Gardens
April in the Veg Patch
Don’t worry if your plot looks a bit empty and bare, like this one! April is both the busiest month as we all get ready to plant for the season…
Building a DIY Window Frame Greenhouse
Over the course of the winter I lost a lot of my greenhouse windows which got cracked in the wind. On closer inspection when I went to repair them I…
Make a homemade cloche tunnel frame
Sometimes it can seem that gardening kit costs soon add up, but more often than not there are easy DIY shortcuts that will save you a fair bit of money….
Do you HAVE to chit seed potatoes?
The short answer is “no”. This is not a mandatory gardening task and you can happily grow potatoes without chitting them. It’s more of a trick of the trade, used…
Plants that benefit from a little shade
Not ALL veggies and herbs thrive in full sun. Some of them, particularly the leafier ones, benefit from a little shade on a hot day.
Fruit growing for novices
This spring, we’ve got a lovely range of potted soft fruit plants for you. Growing soft fruit is really quite straightforward, and growing from potted plants makes it even easier….
It’s Competition Time!
To celebrate the start of Spring we have teamed up with the brilliant Little Cooks Co to offer one lucky winner a brilliantly wholesome prize! Enter the competition below, share…
Top Tips for Top Carrots
If, last year, you managed to grow oddly shaped, gnarly or dumpy carrots, then you need to read this little growing guide for a top crop… Carrots like light, sandy…