Diary of a Rocket Gardener

I’m definitely finding that a lot of vegetables are growing slowly this season, and, having just done a road trip visiting friends ‘up country’ and seeing their gardens, I think…

I’ve noticed this season, more than any other season, that my bean plants, and lots of squashes, have struggled. I’ve seen several different discolourations in the leaves – from mottled…

I thought I’d protected my strawberry patch well this year, having lost most of them to blackbirds and squirrels last year. I’d covered the entire patch with netting, and thought…

I’ve been mulching quite heavily this past week – I want to have the time over the next month or two to clear a new area to plant some fruit,…

Ok, I’m not exactly an expert in flower arranging, but I’m quite pleased with how these blooms from my wildflower patch look on my kitchen table. (I took the photo…

Having only just planted out because of the weather, I don’t have a huge amount to do in the veg garden at the moment – watering in the mornings, a…

Well, I had planned to plant out by now, but those crazily strong winds and cold daytime temperatures last week/weekend put me off somewhat, so I waited even longer. But,…

I’m giving it one more week before I plant out… I’m not going to be tempted to plant earlier, I still think it’s a bit too chilly for beans and…

If you read my post last week, you’ll know that I have received my plants and they are currently sitting in punnets of compost until I plant out in, hopefully,…

Last year, in a bit of a pandemic panic state of mind, I decided to plant out my Rocket Gardens veggies much earlier than usual, on May 1st. I lost…

Slugs and snails are definitely up there in the category of most annoying garden pest, I almost feel sorry for them. Over the years, I’ve tried all sorts of different…