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from rhubarb plants and let them grow uncoveredSow seeds of the following crops outside or under cloches: carrots, beetroot, broad beans, salad onions, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, spinach, leeks, lettuce, rocket, coriander, mixed salad

=Unidentified Growing Green-thing. Sort of a GM hybrid of woody radish/parsnip, withleaves which indeed remind of rocket, but with an unpleasant smell. Result, I pulled out the three similar UGG that were occupying a big chunk of the raised bed, and gave more room

i wouldn't consider hairy bittercress a weed. its delicious to eat in salads or sandwiches - tastes like a cross betweeen watercress and rocket; also very good for you - high in vitamins and iron. why on earth would anyone want to get rid of it

Sow peas in lengths of guttering under cover, so you can plant out seedlings in an instant rowPlant out onion sets in rows, spacing them about 10-15cm apartCarefully dig away grass or plants growing close to the stems of fruit trees to reduce

in growing bagsHarvest early potatoes, carrots and salad cropsPrune the sideshoots of gooseberry bushes back to just five leavesCut out congested raspberry canes at soil level, or those popping up in pathsFeed all crops with a liquid fertiliserSow seeds

and other crops to keep them growing stronglyStop cutting asparagus by the end of June to allow the ferns to formThin out heavy gooseberry crops by removing the smallest fruits, and use these for cookingMake successional sowings of salad leaves and radishes

Shorten sideshoots growing from the framework of espalier, fan and cordon-trained fruit trees back to about five leaves from their basePick fresh herbs for dryingPick gooseberries, currants, strawberries and other fruits as they ripenSupport heavily

any help would be grattfully received. The Rocket    There are no runners on Alpijne strawberries, you simply sow the seeds from the outside of the strawberries. Other than that they grow much like any other strawberry. Alina's right !! I grew them

for as long as you want. I'm taking on a project to grow my own rocket salad leaves (amongst other vegetables) on an urban city balcony in London - please, please, please follow my progress by viewing / following: http://londonvegetablegarden.blogspot.com/ I

thread- I'm growing sweet rocket from seed for the first time this year. So looking forward to plants next year. Robot, I've just had a look at the the few remaining seeds that I have got. They are very dark brown in colour, a sort of elongated shape