Planting onion and shallot sets
Growing onions and shallots from sets is incredibly easy, and it is also a great way of getting out into the garden to plant during that subtle change from late…
Author: Rocket Gardens
Attract bees & pollinators to your kitchen garden
One of the best things you can do for your garden is to provide food for pollinators, particularly bees. More bees & pollinators = more pollination = more tomatoes, courgettes,…
Top up beds with compost in February
If you didn’t do it in autumn, then this is a job well worth doing this month, ahead of spring. Simply spreading a layer of compost or well rotted manure…
A Hearty Winter Minestrone Soup Recipe
Call it minestrone or chunky soup, this is a wonderful way of using root veggies along with borlotti beans and squash harvested in autumn. Ingredients (serves 4) 1 onion, peeled…
Start a Strawberry Patch this year
Mmmm, homegrown strawberries! They are arguably one of the biggest treats to harvest from the garden, and very easy to grow. Once established, your strawberry patch will give you years…
February in the Veg Patch
It’s often a quiet month in the veg patch this month, but if you’re growing a few crops then you should find that you can harvest several things in the…
Success with Fruiting Veg
By fruiting veg, we’re including the following plants: Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Chillies & Peppers, Aubergine, Squash, Courgettes, Beans, Peas. Give them plenty of sun and warmth Some of these will do…
5 Ways to Make More Growing Space
There are several different ways of creating more space to grow your own, without adding raised beds, by finding things to use as planters or containers, or bunging a few…
Growing roots? It’s all in the soil…
Well, growing vegetables always comes down to soil quality really, but for growing root veggies, this is extra true. Here’s how to give your root vegetables the best chance to…
A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Herbs
Whether you have a windowbox, a few pots outside the door or a dedicated planter, growing herbs is a wonderful addition to a kitchen garden, and equally a very…
Success with salad leaves
Lettuces and salad leaves are incredibly satisfying to grow. Not only do they grow quickly, but they also produce an awful lot of leaves over a long period, giving you…
Advice for those waiting for Broccoli to sprout
We’re not quite at the time for winter grown broccoli to start producing spears, but it won’t be long and there are a few things to look out for now…