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…
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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…
Follow on from Potatoes – 3 Ideas
If you’re growing potatoes, you may find that a reasonable amount of space opens up once you harvest them in the next few weeks. Here are some ideas for following…
Growing in Pots to Extend the Season – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I planted up a whole load of pots with lovely flowering plants from a local nursery – they have all since died… I think they just got a bit too…
Blackfly on Chard – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
In my garden, I have often had problems with blackfly on globe artichokes and on broad bean plants, but never on chard. I was very surprised, therefore, to see that…
July in the Veg Patch
This month in the kitchen garden tends to be a busy one, whether you’re tending to a well established plot or nurturing newly planted veg crops… You may have plenty…
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….
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…