
Wildflowers for Cutting – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
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…
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,…
I’m giving it one more week before I plant out… I’m not going to be tempted to plant earlier, I still think it’s a bit too chilly for beans and…
If you read my post last week, you’ll know that I have received my plants and they are currently sitting in punnets of compost until I plant out in, hopefully,…
Last year, in a bit of a pandemic panic state of mind, I decided to plant out my Rocket Gardens veggies much earlier than usual, on May 1st. I lost…
I thought I’d share this photo of my amazingly crumbly homemade compost this week. I’m so pleased with it, and have just used it to top up a 4m x…
Slugs and snails are definitely up there in the category of most annoying garden pest, I almost feel sorry for them. Over the years, I’ve tried all sorts of different…
Spring is toying with our emotions, here one day and gone the next. On the days when it is here, I’m spending a lot of time out in the veg…
I was giving a friend the low-down on no-dig growing the other day, explaining that you can simply cover a patch of soil with cardboard and a thick mulch of…
What a relief it has been to get some sunshine and dry weather finally! I’ve been trying to get out in the garden at every opportunity to make the most…
I’m sure that in previous years I started harvesting my autumn-planted purple sprouting broccoli by now, but perhaps my memory is letting me down! I planted mine out in September,…