Rocket Blog: Category: Journals

This is a familiar topic for me. It’s my fourth year of growing aubergines (or perhaps my fifth?) and as ever, no fruits are forming. I’m officially giving up, and…

I have three courgette plants growing this year, planted back in mid-May. I’d felt quite self-satisfied when I planted them, because normally I plant far more than I need. Three…

I’m feeling very pleased this summer with a bed that I have finally uncovered. Previously a haven of bindweed, nettles and (gasp) knotweed, I covered it with weed membrane about…

The other day a friend observed that I had no blackfly on my broad beans. I hadn’t really clocked it until he mentioned it, but this is the first year…

I’m definitely finding that a lot of vegetables are growing slowly this season, and, having just done a road trip visiting friends ‘up country’ and seeing their gardens, I think…

I thought I’d protected my strawberry patch well this year, having lost most of them to blackbirds and squirrels last year. I’d covered the entire patch with netting, and thought…

I’ve been mulching quite heavily this past week – I want to have the time over the next month or two to clear a new area to plant some fruit,…

Ok, I’m not exactly an expert in flower arranging, but I’m quite pleased with how these blooms from my wildflower patch look on my kitchen table. (I took the photo…

Having only just planted out because of the weather, I don’t have a huge amount to do in the veg garden at the moment – watering in the mornings, a…

Well, I had planned to plant out by now, but those crazily strong winds and cold daytime temperatures last week/weekend put me off somewhat, so I waited even longer. But,…