July in the kitchen garden…
Eek, July is here already (um, how did that happen and who stole June?) and it’s nearly the summer holidays. It’s a great time to be out in the garden…
Growing Tips and Advice
Why it’s important to feed your plants
Veg plants, more so than other plants, need a lot of nutrients to be healthy. Once they’ve been in the ground or in a pot for a few weeks they…
The Rocket Guide to Composting… Part Two.
In part one of our series on composting we looked at where to put your compost and what to put it in. In part two, we’re taking a look at…
Vertical Gardening: A fab space-saver for small gardens…
There are a lot of wannabe veg growers out there with not a lot of space in their gardens. We’ve touched on this subject before with ideas for growing in pots and containers…
Powdery Mildew, a classic courgette illness
Powdery Mildew is a fairly common fungal disease that you might have seen on the leaves of your courgette plants. It affects lots of other plants too, like pumpkins,…
What to do when your plants get destroyed…
There are quite a few pests out there…caterpillars, slugs, snails, pigeons, aphids, rabbits and many more. They have an irritating habit of tucking into your veg plants and while your…
The Rocket Guide to Composting… Part One.
Making your own compost is a really worthwhile mission. You will inevitably have waste from both the garden and the kitchen that can be reused to help you add nutrients…
When weeding, remember this…
In the summertime when weather is hot the weeds come out to play! Keeping them at bay is so important in the veg patch for many reasons – they take…
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…
Growing your own for novices
Growing your own is great fun, incredibly rewarding and you’ll learn loads of new stuff all the time. It can sometimes be a little overwhelming though if you’re new to it….
Slugs, slugs, slugs!
“How do I get rid of slugs?” This has got to be the number one question in the world of growing your own. And we’d like to start off by…
Success in pots
There’s a lot to be said for growing your own food in pots… they can be moved wherever you like in the garden so you can make the best use of…