Rocket Blog: Category: Planting & Growing

Growing your own fruit can be a lot of fun, particularly when you’re growing something a little out of the ordinary. Here are our three favourites…

It won’t be long before frosty mornings are upon us. There’s definitely been a nip in the air over the last few mornings here in Cornwall, and no doubt it’s…

Imagine picking your own delicious blueberries from the garden next summer. Yum! They are easy to grow, will do well in containers and once the berries are over you get…

Whilst cauliflowers are hardy little plants it’s still worth protecting the heads from frosts and cold weather by pulling the leaves over the top and tying them in. It really…

If so, then we are here to persuade you to give it a bit of TLC this weekend. There are 5 main reasons that we’d advise not leaving your veg…

You may still be harvesting a few autumn raspberries, but summer raspberries will need to be pruned now. It’s simple and pruned canes will give you a healthier crop next…

If you’re growing rhubarb then you can divide old crowns once they go dormant. This’ll be over the next few weeks as the weather turns cold. It’s easy to do…

We’ve been giving our Veg Patch Vouchers a bit of a revamp recently and the new and improved versions are due to hit our website next week. We think you…

The next few weeks are a good chance to get on top of things in the veg patch before colder, wetter weather and darker days arrive. There’s much to be…

It won’t be very long until the clocks go back, which means many of us will be heading home in the dark each day and have precious few daylight hours…