Growing

These leaves provide an ongoing bounty throughout the summer months…you can just pick them and pick them and keep enjoying them right through till late autumn (and occasionally beyond!) Once…

If you’ve ever been disappointed by growing cauliflower, or if it’s your first time growing it, then read this…we’ll explain how to give it the best chance to grow nice…

It’s a common misconception that one must get all vegetables planted in April and May so as not to miss the season. However, June, July and August all offer an…

If you regularly read my “Diary of a Rocket Gardener”posts you’ll know that last year I decided to convert to a no-dig approach to my veg plot. It’s been really…

As you can imagine, we were rather excited to come across HoneyTree’s beautifully illustrated stationery – there are some designs that are so in line with Rocket Gardens that we…

At the end of last summer, my veg patch looked amazing! I had marigolds, calendula, and borage adding colour, abundant displays of chives, a new crop of chard and kale…

Just as we come into the beginning of the strawberry season, here are some top tips for looking after them: Give them a liquid feed – you can use a…

If you’re planting beetroots (or carrots for that matter) and you’re running out of space, you can easily squeeze them in using these 2 tricks! Grow rows of beets/carrots in…

The soil is surprisingly dry for May, as we’ve had very little rainfall this spring. With that in mind, we take a little look at when (and how often) to…

Coriander, wild rocket, mizuna and some other leafy plants are quite prone to bolting in warm, dry conditions. Bolting basically means that rather than producing lots of lovely leaves, they…

The other day I harvested the first of my globe artichokes. I planted them last spring, and was quite pleased to see how healthy they are looking. The first one…

If you’re finding that your newly planted veg is looking a little weary, then don’t despair. We’ve had a funny old May, with a lot of cold winds, chilly nights…