Autumn Slug Prevention
It’s always the most common question… how do I get rid of slugs? This article covers a few methods of prevention and some good practices to use now that autumn…
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Do I have to wait for frost before harvesting parsnips? Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I sometimes struggle to just accept gardening advice, no matter how often I see it touted in books and online. I like to find out for myself, to make sure…
What do I do with my strawberry plants now?
Following our Fruit Pruning Guide last week, a few people got in touch to ask what to do with strawberry plants at this time of year, so we thought we’d…
When will my cauliflower form a head?
It’s always a bit nerve-wracking growing cauliflower as it can seem that for ages the plants just grow more and more leaves, and that the cauliflowers themselves aren’t forming. If…
Making Quick Pickles
Here, we give you the very basics to get you started so that you can pickle away to your heart’s content! This is a quick pickle method, suitable for storing…
Autumn Slugs & Snails – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I’ve been a bit neglectful of my veg patch this year – although the weather wasn’t great in the summer, it allowed me to get away with doing very little…
What Causes a Cabbage to Split Open?
The photo above shows a fairly advanced case of a cabbage splitting. You may notice it at an earlier stage, when it looks as if one or two of the…
Downy Mildew & others – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I don’t know about you, but I find all the different plant diseases and their symptoms quite difficult to distinguish between. To me, all these ailments – chlorosis, blight, downy…
Plants you can leave in over autumn/winter
You don’t need to pull up all your plants at the end of the season…Here’s a useful list detailing the plants that you can happily leave in the ground as…
Problems with your Carrot Crop?
Here are a few common problems that you may encounter when you pull up your carrots this season!
Slugs, Snails & Sprouts – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I make this mistake every year… I plant my sprouts, mulch them, protect them from slugs and then put a net over them and forget about them for the summer….
Cabbage & Cauliflower Growing Pains
Some of you may find that your cauliflower and cabbage plants haven’t yet produced anything resembling the nice round cabbage or fluffy white caulifower you were hoping for. If you…