Diary of a Rocket Gardener…Poor Wilting Toms
Oh dear. I had a bad veg week. Firstly I was away for the weekend, and then I was ill in bed for a couple of days. My veg patch…
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Diary of a Rocket Gardener – a cheeky top up
Well I have to say, the veg patch is doing really rather well and I’m feeling smug. I’ve harvested the first of my French…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener…Caterpillars
As I was busy pulling out bindweed from around my purple sprouting broccoli this afternoon, something caught my eye on one of the leaves. A little family of baby caterpillars! They…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener…growing peas
So, I planted my peas during the last week of May (I think) and have been lovingly nurturing them since. I’ve grown peas before and I really like the taste of them…
Pigeon Pecked – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
As I spent Saturday afternoon at a wedding reception enjoying the sunshine with a glass or five of champagne, my brassicas became the victims of multiple pigeon attacks. They are a sorry…
A speedy crop – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
It was with childish excitement that I harvested some actual veg from my kitchen garden this evening. Brilliant! It wasn’t much, just a few leaves of chard, but then just…
It’s beautiful, but it’s bolted…Diary of a Rocket Gardener
Um, I don’t think my Pak Choi is meant to have flowers on it yet. Oops. It looks very pretty though, I must say. I rather like it. But these are not…
Pesky Pests… Diary of a Rocket Gardener
Well, this week I’ve had a few problems with pests. I don’t know who these little bugs think they are, but they’ve totally taken liberties!! Firstly, my poor mizuna… it’s…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener – troubleshooting
Ok, I’ve got to the bottom of some of these little problems I’ve been having in the veg patch. Bean problems. The sorry looking leaves on my beans (they had turned yellow/brown and…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener…a few garden glitches
What a fabulous Bank Holiday weekend here in Cornwall! The sun has been shining hard, and it’s been hot work in the veg patch. I have mostly been digging a trench…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener… a day of planting
My Rocket Garden arrived this morning so it was a very exciting day for me. I’ve recently taken over a patch of land approximately the size of two tennis courts and after…