
Blight & other potato problems
Potatoes are quite prone to fungal diseases like blight. If yours have been affected you can still usually harvest your spuds, so don’t panic. But you will need to take…
Potatoes are quite prone to fungal diseases like blight. If yours have been affected you can still usually harvest your spuds, so don’t panic. But you will need to take…
Well, I don’t know how you’re all getting on in the rest of the country, but it has been a very strange season here! Late March and April were surprisingly…
We have more or less caught up now, having shipped vegetable plants to approximately 40,000 households across the UK, without using an ounce of plastic. In previous years, this would…
As we move into midsummer, there is still plenty of time to plant veggies, whether you’re ony just getting going or keen to add a few extras to plug any…
Well, my French climbing beans have been growing incredibly slowly this year. I planted them on May 2nd, just before the weather suddenly turned cold and then I had to…
I went out to the veg patch the other morning and ambled over to the strawberry patch with my bowl only to find that ALL my strawberries had been eaten….
Our friends over at Newlina Eco Gardens (near Newquay) grow and harvest the BEST salads from their farm – so tasty and so beautiful. We asked them to share a…
We’ve had a few customers wondering when they can start harvesting their kale, spinach and chard plants, so we thought we’d share the advice! Spinach & Chard Around 2-3 weeks…
If you are growing cabbages, kale, broccoli, cauliflower or other brassica plants, it is a really good idea to protect them before cabbage white butterflies start laying their eggs! During…
I wanted to share this photo this week as I think it’s a really good example of why it is so important to feed your plants. Earlier this spring, I…
Last week our Rocket Gardener wrote a post on companion planting and we received several enquiries about how to use companion plants as a result. So…here’s a little introduction for…
It’s strawberry time! Strawberries start to fruit after they have flowered and been pollinated which is round about now, at the end of May and on into June. Whether you’re growing…