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Magnesium Deficiency or Potato Blight?
The symptoms of these two means that they are easily confused. In this article, we look at ways of telling which problem you may be dealing with...
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Self-seeding in the Veg Patch – Dairy of a Rocket Gardener
Over the past seven years (ish), I have come to know the joys and annoyances of self-seeding plants in the veg patch. For me, the joys are found...
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Tzatziki Two Ways – 2 Recipes
For anyone who loves this yoghurty dip/sauce, it is an excellent way of using a glut of cucumbers…or courgettes. Cucumber & Mint...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Midsummer Planting Guide
We are still in planting season – there’s a mistaken belief that everything needs to be planted out in spring, but there is so much to...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Watch out for blossom end rot
If your veggies start to rot at the blossom (flower) end, like this tomato pictured, then please don’t panic. You may have lost that...
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Watch out for caterpillars
Even if you are growing your brassicas under netting, it’s worth doing a check for caterpillars as we move through summer. Be sure to look...
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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...
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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...
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How to feed plants over summer
Vegetable plants need a lot of nutrients to be healthy. Giving your plants a liquid feed regularly during the summer is the best way to boost the...
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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...
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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...
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Dealing with pervasive weeds
What’s the best way to tackle those persistent weeds, like bindweed, brambles, creeping buttercup, ground elder and couch grass? Well,...
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Letting it unfold naturally – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I think it is fair to say that last year I let my garden go a little wild. Perhaps in that post-pandemic kind of haze, I just didn’t keep...
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Planting in June? Things grow fast
As soon as June arrives, we find that a lot of people start to panic, thinking that they’ve missed the season if they haven’t planted...
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Looking after tomato plants – pests & diseases
Whether you’re growing in a greenhouse or outdoors, in pots or in raised beds, tomatoes are a plant worth looking after well to get the best...
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Growing potatoes? Top tips for the summer
Some ‘earlies’ may be ready for harvesting in the next week or so, other ‘maincrops’ can stay in the ground for a couple...
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June in the Veg Patch
Many gardeners feel they have ‘missed’ the planting season as we hit June, but that’s not at all true when you’re growing from plug plants –...
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Growing Beans? Check the leaves
Beans are very good at showing you when they’re not happy – their leaves change very quickly. If you’re growing them at the...