Rocket Blog: Category: Journals

Ok, so last week I spotted some molehills in my veg patch. I’m not amused. There’s so much space for them to choose as my garden is surrounded by fields…why…

So, I live in Cornwall and it has been a relatively mild winter, but a really wet one. I often go out in the morning to feed the chickens to…

I’ve been spending a few hours in the veg patch over the last few days as we’ve finally had some nice, dry spells. Mostly I am busy preparing beds for…

Lately, the weather has been a little uninspiring and spending time out in the veg patch to plant up a fruit garden as I’d intended this month hasn’t exactly appealed….

Back in July I planted out several red cabbage seedlings with visions of harvesting beautifully neat, deep purple cabbages to cook up for Christmas Day. Sadly, the vast majority of…

So I went away for a long weekend. It was great timing to go “upcountry” as I got to enjoy all that snow! Loved it! Unfortunately Cornwall didn’t get snow…

Well it is getting close to that time when there’s not a huge amount to harvest in the veg patch. Once all my parsnips, sprouts and leeks are up (inevitably…

Wow! I am super excited to see how amazingly well my pak choi and wild rocket are doing! I planted them in September, having tried to grow them for the…

I think I had lulled myself into a false sense of security regarding weeds over autumn and winter. I subconsciously believed that all the weeds in the world would suddenly…

In mid-September I planted several winter lettuces, spinach plants and chard in my greenhouse for the winter. The lettuce shot up and I’ve been harvesting leaves since mid-October. The chard…

Look at my incredible sprouts!! I’m very excited to have grown these for the first time this year, and they’ve done so well in spite of slugs and caterpillars galore…