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…
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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…
Late Summer in the Veg Patch
As we move from midsummer to late summer, things happen quickly in the veg garden, and there is plenty of opportunity to plant extras, as well as planting up for…
Pick Peas & Beans to keep the plants productive
This is something we often reference, that you need to harvest regularly to keep pea and bean plants going for longer. The reason for this is that once the pods…
Planting Wildflowers in Summer
We’ve noticed quite a few customers have emailed in recently to ask whether or not it is too late to plant wildflowers, so thought we’d cover it in our blog…
Follow-On Crops to Plant Next
If you planted out in late April or May, you may be surprised to see spaces coming up in your veg plot already as you harvest things like fennel, potatoes,…
Magnesium Deficiency or Potato Blight?
The symptoms of these two means that they are easily confused. In this article, we look at ways of telling which problem you may be dealing with in your potato…
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…
Tzatziki Two Ways – 2 Recipes
For anyone who loves this yoghurty dip/sauce, it is an excellent way of using a glut of cucumbers…or courgettes. Cucumber & Mint Tzatziki Great with flat bread and bbq veggies,…
Blight. Not great for tomatoes and potatoes.
At this time of year, it’s worth being vigilant for signs of blight. It has a habit of making itself a nuisance in late summer with the warmer weather,…
Top Tips for Planting Brassicas in Summer
Summer is a great time to get your sprouts in the ground for a Christmas crop, or plant cauliflowers and cabbages to grow for a winter harvest, or swede and…
A Yummy Homemade Garden Pesto
Making pesto is a wonderful way to use some of your homegrown herbs and greens – it doesn’t always need to be basil… our recipe throws in some spinach and…