Low maintenance plants for busy people
It won’t be very long until the clocks go back, which means many of us will be heading home in the dark each day and have precious few daylight hours…
Growing Tips and Advice
3 easy growers for novices
If you’re only just beginning to get to grips with growing your own, or if you’ve never grown anything over the winter before, then we have three veg plants for…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener: Washing caterpillars from broccoli
Ok, I think harvesting this glorious looking broccoli head might well be my favourite veg achievement for this year. I’ve never grown my own calabrese broccoli before and there was…
Make new beds the easy way
If you’re keen to put in new beds for next spring to increase the size of your veg plot, then now is a really great time to start things off…
What’s the point of weeding empty beds?
If you have one or two beds that you won’t be using over the next few months it is still wise to weed them thoroughly, and cover them. There are…
The next few weeks in the veg patch
The mild autumn window of opportunity is upon us and it’ll be over in a flash. There are just a few unpredictable weeks of warm weather left which means that…
When Sweetcorn is a bit disappointing
We’ve all been there. You’ve waited weeks for your sweetcorn cobs to get nice and big, you’ve watched the tassles turn dark brown, you’ve harvested them and taken them to…
Are you growing your own Christmas Dinner?
If you’re growing the veggies from our Christmas Dinner Collection then there are one or two little jobs that we recommend doing now that colder, wetter autumn weather is upon…
Growing spinach & chard over winter
Spinach and chard leaves are great to grow over the colder months and with warm enough temperatures they will give you lovely leaves to harvest right the way through to…
Ways to ripen up tomatoes
As temperatures drop a little during early autumn tomato ripening tends to slow down a little. If this has happened, then there are several ways to encourage your green tomatoes…
Does caterpillar season ever end?!
Are you getting a bit fed up with these guys munching their way through your cabbages, sprouts and broccoli? If so, don’t despair – the end is nigh…most cabbage-munching caterpillars…
Spruce up your soil for autumn
If you’re getting ready to plant a few veggies to grow over autumn and winter then be sure to dig in plenty of good quality compost or fertiliser. Existing beds…