Diary of a Tiny Gardener – What’s happened to my turnips?
Hi Tiny Gardener here… As the spring planting edges closer and closer, I’ve been thinking about making space for my new spring plants, this means harvesting what’s left of the…
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Diary of a Tiny Gardener – Growing chillies on my windowsill
Winter can be a quiet time for growing your own plants, so whilst I was busy planning ahead for my Spring veg patch I decided to have a go at…
Diary of a Tiny Gardener…Growing Potatoes in a Small Plot
I’ve been making some plans for my small growing space which I will share with you over the coming weeks, but I thought it would be fun to order some seed…
Introducing…Diary of a Tiny Gardener
Hi, Tiny Gardener here! I wanted to introduce myself as the newest addition to the Rocket Gardens blog. I’m a busy working mum living in Cornwall and I haven’t grown…
Garden Recipes – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I’ve been growing with Rocket Gardens for almost ten years now, so it feels like the right time to let someone else take over the veg garden diary. I remember…
Creative Ideas for your Veg Garden – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
In the spirit of New Year’s celebrations, I’ve been pondering the coming year in my veg garden and deciding what new creative things I might have a go at. It…
Slow Growing Curly Kale – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
Just a quick one from me this week as I haven’t been out in the veg patch much other than to harvest a few greens here and there. My one…
The Best Way to Clean Mesh Netting
I was thinking about this cleaning problem again this week as I picked up some green-tinged netting that had been blown across the veg patch. A year or two ago,…
Strange Squiggly Trails on Leaves? Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I thought I’d write a bit about leaf miners this week, because they seem to be strangely active in my veg garden. I know that normally they would not be…
Cornish Pasty Recipe
If you’ve got some swede to harvest, then you could of course make a puree or a mash, but a Cornish Pasty would be even better….and they are so good…
Growing under cover? Check the ventilation… Diary of a Rocket Gardener
The end of October was pretty mild here in Cornwall, and we had damp weather too. I had to open up the zip doors of my little grow tunnel to…
Using a Growing Tunnel – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I thought I’d report back on how I’ve been getting on with the growing tunnel that I decided to buy. In my last post, I was debating whether or not…