What to do about yellow leaves
One common source of confusion in the veg patch is when plant leaves turn yellow. It often happens with beans, courgettes and squashes and can usually be rectified quite easily….
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Blisters on your chard?
This is a very common sight for growers of chard and other leaf beet, like perpetual spinach. It is the work of the leaf miner, and it’s not a disaster,…
Top Tips for Drought
Here are some top tips for looking after your veg patch when water is scarce… Water early in the morning, or at dusk – If you can water at these…
Tips for dealing with June’s tough conditions – strong winds, dry soil, little rainfall
These past few weeks have been incredibly dry, and this looks set to continue. On top of that, we’ve had a lot of northerly and easterly winds, which both add…
Dealing with Blackfly Infestations
We’re definitely experiencing more blackly infestations than normal around here, probably something to do with the cold spring and natural predators not being in such abundance as they normally are….
Plant Brassicas in June & July
Brassicas are just perfect for being planted in mid June and July. Most will be ready to harvest in late autumn/early winter and many will over-winter too for harvesting in…
Dealing with pervasive weeds
What’s the best way to tackle those persistent weeds, like bindweed, brambles, creeping buttercup, ground elder and couch grass? Well, assuming the weeds are growing in areas where you are…
Letting it unfold naturally – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I think it is fair to say that last year I let my garden go a little wild. Perhaps in that post-pandemic kind of haze, I just didn’t keep on…
Planting in June? Things grow fast
As soon as June arrives, we find that a lot of people start to panic, thinking that they’ve missed the season if they haven’t planted out yet, and this isn’t…
Looking after tomato plants – pests & diseases
Whether you’re growing in a greenhouse or outdoors, in pots or in raised beds, tomatoes are a plant worth looking after well to get the best crop. Here are some…
Growing potatoes? Top tips for the summer
Some ‘earlies’ may be ready for harvesting in the next week or so, other ‘maincrops’ can stay in the ground for a couple more months. Here’s a guide to growing,…
June in the Veg Patch
Many gardeners feel they have ‘missed’ the planting season as we hit June, but that’s not at all true when you’re growing from plug plants – it’s a really great…