
Struggling to grow tomatoes outdoors? Diary of a Rocket Gardener
So, this year is the first year in a long time that I’ve not had a greenhouse (it is falling apart and I really need to dismantle it safely ahead…
So, this year is the first year in a long time that I’ve not had a greenhouse (it is falling apart and I really need to dismantle it safely ahead…
I’ve had an interesting time this season, watching some plants absolutely thrive (salads, brassicas, leeks, parsnips, beetroot – they are all looking super!) and then watching other plants struggle to…
Spending a little time in the veg garden yesterday evening, I noticed that my beans, squash, courgettes and cucumbers are still struggling to really get going. Although the temperatures have…
Like so many other growers in the UK, I’ve been struggling with a lot of slugs and pests this year. My poor beans. Honestly, they’ve taken a bit of a…
It has been two to three weeks since I planted out (around about 22nd May) and I’m really noticing how slowly things are taking off this season. It’s strange to…
Harrumph! That’s what I say. I planted all my veggies last weekend, and have been having a bit of a battle ever since. Each day I go out to have…
Does anyone else get Empty Plot Anxiety? (I made that up. It’s not a thing, but it should be.) I have written before that my favourite time to plant out…
So, I talked last week about how I had let my veg plot get a little (a lot) overgrown and wild and how I was working to restore it to…
Hopefully, this post will serve as both inspiration and encouragement for someone else who has been feeling overwhelmed by the task of recovering an overgrown veg plot. As you can…
My veg patch renewal mission started in earnest over the Easter bank holiday weekend. I found three volunteers to help me on this mega-mission, and will be reporting in on…
This will be my ninth year of growing veggies in my plot, and over these last few years I have come to learn a few things. These would be my…
I think I might have written something like this a couple of years ago, but I tend to think about it a lot at this time of year when I…