Rocket Blog: Category: Journals

My plan for the weekend, weather permitting, is to clean down the greenhouse and let the chickens in there to scratch over the soil for me. It’s got me thinking…

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….

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…

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…

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…

I’ve been a little confused by my celeriac and parsnip plants these last few months, probably since October. I couldn’t understand why the leaves were turning brown and then paper…

Last week, I mentioned that I had some rather unsightly green mesh netting. I was worried that it wouldn’t let through enough light and wanted to give it a good…

All the gales and storms have been blowing my mesh netting around my veg patch for a few weeks now. I finally went to go and tidy it all up…

Seriously, everything is being eaten this winter. If it’s not slugs, it’s snails. If it’s not snails, it’s pigeons. If it’s not pigeons, it’s mice. If it’s not mice, it’s…

It’s been so strange to see such different activity in the veg patch this autumn. Even though I’m based in Cornwall where the temperatures tend to stay a little milder…

I’ve got the hang of growing celeriac now – after a few failed attempts, I’ve learnt that they need a lot of compost, and a lot of watering, preferably with…

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…