What do do with a glut of beans
If you’re harvesting what seems like 2045kg of beans every day, then here are a few ideas to help you use/store them.
Rocket Blog: Category: Planting & Growing
What to plant next – late summer to early autumn
To keep your veg garden productive right through autumn and winter, it’s well worth planting up a few extras while you can. With just a week or so to go…
August in the Veg Patch
August is such a great month for harvesting, and usually the most productive month in the vegetable garden. There’s still a little time to get a few extra vegetable plants…
Last Chance Plants (until Thurs 31st July only)
It is late in the season now, but if you have a decent greenhouse or polytunnel, you could plant some of these up for a late crop – our aubergine…
Plant Herbs in Late Summer
The second half of summer (yes, we’re afraid to say that that’s where we’re at…!) is a fabulous time to plant herbs. Those that are perennials – the ones that…
Strip tomato leaves for a better crop
Once you’ve got a few trusses of green tomatoes on your plants, it’s a good idea to strip off some of the excess foliage. This will help the plants to…
A Top Tip for Beans Planted in July
For climbing beans, you can hurry things along by pinching out the growing tips. This works quite well if you’ve planted a little later in the season, and you could…
How to prevent veg from splitting
Some vegetable plants are prone to splitting – particularly root veg like carrots and beetroot, as well as fruits like tomatoes and some brassicas, including cauliflower and cabbage. The main…
Thirsty plants to look after this summer
Some plants need more water than others and may need a little extra during this warm weather. Whilst all your veggies will need adequate watering, here are the ones that…
When tomatoes start flowering
Depending on when you planted tomatoes, and whether you’re growing them in a greenhouse or outdoors, you may have flowers and even fruits forming now, or in the next couple…
July in the Veg Patch
This month in the kitchen garden tends to be a busy one, whether you’re tending to a well established plot or nurturing newly planted veg crops… You may have plenty…
Not all veg gardens grow at the same rate
Something that you will find as a gardener, is that other people’s plots have a very different level of maturity depending on their own unique microclimate. It helps to be…