Don’t eat slugs, snails & beetles – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
This blog post is for anyone else who has recently crunched into the shell of a snail that snuck into their kale. I appreciate that there are some folk who…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener
Switch to no-dig this autumn
Well, my veg patch feels a bit sad at the moment. It needs some TLC as I just haven’t had time to get out there recently. Luckily, I am all…
Check your leeks – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I don’t think my leeks know if they are coming or going this autumn. One minute it has turned cold, wet and windy, then next it seems that summer is…
Choosing the Right Site for Autumn Planting
I’m not quite ready for autumn planting yet as I’ve still got plenty of crops growing in the beds that I want to use over the winter months. I reckon…
Can Plants Survive Caterpillar Damage? Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I tend not to go away much in July and August, and that is partly because I don’t like leaving my previous veg plants to fend for themselves. This year,…
Tomatoes Ripening Slowly this Summer – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I’m sure my tomatoes would normally be ripening by now. I planted them in mid-May, some in the greenhouse and some outdoors, and all the plants are bearing lovely green…
Don’t Mess with Padrons – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I’ve been growing padron peppers religiously since I first took on my veg patch seven years ago. My love for this variety grew when I lived in Spain, near San…
Millipede Damage – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
Something that I’ve learnt over the past few years, is that the creature you find residing in a damaged potato or root veggie is not always the main culprit. The…
Self-seeding in the Veg Patch – Dairy of a Rocket Gardener
Over the past seven years (ish), I have come to know the joys and annoyances of self-seeding plants in the veg patch. For me, the joys are found when new…
Growing in Pots to Extend the Season – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I planted up a whole load of pots with lovely flowering plants from a local nursery – they have all since died… I think they just got a bit too…
Blackfly on Chard – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
In my garden, I have often had problems with blackfly on globe artichokes and on broad bean plants, but never on chard. I was very surprised, therefore, to see that…
Letting it unfold naturally – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I think it is fair to say that last year I let my garden go a little wild. Perhaps in that post-pandemic kind of haze, I just didn’t keep on…