Should I grow climbing beans or dwarf beans?
They’re one of the most popular things to grow at home, producing lots and lots of beans to harvest for several weeks in summer and through to early autumn. If…
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Attract bees & pollinators to your kitchen garden
One of the best things you can do for your garden is to provide food for pollinators, particularly bees. More bees & pollinators = more pollination = more tomatoes, courgettes,…
The best compost for growing fruit in pots
If you’re keen to plant up some of our bare-rooted fruit this winter, then planting into pots and containers is a good idea as long as you use the right…
3 tips for autumn plants
For anyone who has planted out young veg plants this autumn, or who has mature veggies still growing in their plot, here are 3 ways to make sure they grow…
The next few months with Rocket Gardens
Although we’re no longer shipping vegetable plug plants, we are not in full hibernation at Rocket Gardens. We will soon have bare-rooted fruit plants available for winter planting, and for…
5 things to plant now for a spring harvest
Even if you don’t fancy the idea of going out to harvest kale, pak choi or swede over the winter months, there is a good reason to plant up this…
Make the most of this burst of sunshine
After a fairly cloudy few weeks, this burst of god weather might be just what your veg plants need – particularly if you have tomatoes, peppers and squash that are…
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…
When & how often to water your veg plants
With more sun on the forecast for the week ahead, and plenty of planting going on around the country, we thought we’d give some tips on watering in the kitchen…
The next few weeks (and peak planting time!)
Mid-May to Mid-June is such a wonderful time for planting out veggies – the soil is warming up nicely, night time temperatures are much kinder and there are fewer of…
We’ll be shipping Veg Plants soon
Next week, from April 17th, we hope to start shipping some of the more hardy plants, like leeks, onions, spinach and beetroot. It will then take several weeks for us…