
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…
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…
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…
Above is the bamboo fence that I built in Feb 2019. Three years later, I’d like to say it is still standing strong, but the storms got the better of…
Cucumber will do best under cover, ideally in a greenhouse or polytunnel to keep the plants warm right through the summer months. If you don’t have access to a greenhouse/polytunnel, you…
If you’ve been growing over autumn and winter, you may be noticing the beginning of the ‘hungry gap’ now, as many crops go over. With luck, you may have some…
I had thought to write a bit about using bamboo to build fences this week, but since the storms blew mine to pieces, I decided on a different subject! I…
Overwintered Wild Rocket, planted back in September or October should start to take off now as longer daylight hours and (hopefully) warmer temperatures arrive. Wild Rocket tends not to do…
I’ve been a bit quiet recently, mainly because I have been totally neglecting my veggies over the winter! I’m not a very good winter grower – spring and summer are…
Autumn planted pak choi may well be in full bloom now. It adds a wonderful splash of yellow during these slightly colourless months, so is well worth allowing it to…
Carrots, beetroot, parsnips, celeriac, swede and turnips will all benefit from much the same growing conditions. We take a quick look and give some specific top tips for particular crops…
Using companion plants is a good way of bringing a bit of balance into the veg plot and allowing nature to work in your favour. It’s not completely fool proof,…
Quite a few people get put off growing their own cabbages, cauliflower and broccoli thinking that it is difficult. It’s actually not, all it needs is to get things right…