Diary of a Rocket Gardener…a new slug tactic
This week I honestly feel like all I do is battle against pests. It was crows in the chicken coop last weekend (my scarecrow proved not to be very effective…
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Diary of a Rocket Gardener – Creepy Crows
Ok, this post is not so much about my veg patch as it is about my chickens. But I figured many Weekly Veg Out readers might also keep chickens, so decided…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener…take that, brassicas!
Around about this time last year I think I was blogging about the sad demise of most of my brassicas…those that weren’t pecked to death by pigeons were plagued by caterpillars…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener…in the greenhouse
Last summer I built a makeshift greenhouse out of old reclaimed windows. I grew all my tomatoes, peppers and chillies in pots in the greenhouse whilst the ground was covered with…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener…an evening of planting
Having spent most of last week pondering my plot, this week I’ve started planting. I should have learnt my lesson last year – that planting always takes longer than I expect…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener – Plotting my Veg
Hello again everybody! I haven’t been doing my diary for a few months as I decided to give my veg patch a bit of a rest from growing whilst I…
Gardening with children… Diary of a Rocket Gardener
A few weeks ago I was looking after my 12 year old nephew for the afternoon whilst his siblings went to a birthday party. We spent a couple of hours in…
Growing Organically…it makes you wonder – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
As I lovingly harvested nine corn-on-the-cobs (yes, nine!) for my family to munch the other evening I was struck by a thought. Just what DOES go on with all this perfect looking supermarket…
Raising Tomatoes…Diary of a Rocket Gardener
Well, I have been having one or two completely self-inflicted tomato growing problems lately. I suspect I’m not the only onto be encountering these problems either. Firstly, I have quite…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener…learnings from the veg patch
My veg patch has just reached that time in the summer when everything is looking really lush and healthy and I am harvesting veg every day. I’m finding that this is…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener…a nutrient deficiency?
Quite a few of my plants have got yellow leaves. This is most prominent on my butternut squash, beans, sweetcorn and tomatoes. I’ve done a bit of googling, as one does when…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener – a Mystery Muncher
OK, this is a bit of a weird one. Somebody’s been eating my celeriac leaves but I don’t know who. I suspect it is the same somebody that has been…