wild rocket – The Gardening Blog

This is the best day of the week! The day I go out with my basket and harvest all the ripe and ready vegetables!! Yum!! Happy Days! The photos tell the story…….

[one_half]My new yellow heirloom plum tomatoes[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Roma tomatoes always the best![/one_half_last]

[one_half]Amish Heirloom tomatoes[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Sweet basil in abundance![/one_half_last]

[one_half]Basil with tomatoes-great companion plants[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Swiss chard, Kale and lettuce[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Wild Rocket – great in salads[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Curly Kale[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Egg plant – Heirloom Black Beauty[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Swiss chard[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Baby cabbage and beetroot[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Baby cabbage[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Broccoli looking beautiful[/one_half]

[one_half_last]What an amazing head of Broccoli[/one_half_last]

Love all the veggies and such great variety!! Will cook some and juice the rest!

Happy Gardening xxx

This last season I hardly had any problems with beetles, bugs, caterpillars and aphids in my garden. The ones that did come by uninvited, they didn’t leave too much damage – almost as if they were being polite. The aphids were devoured by ladybugs and the caterpillars were hand-picked and “placed” elsewhere (the chickens don’t like the furry, colourful squigglies)

But these little nasties destroyed my rocket OVERNIGHT!! My sweet rocket and wild rocket (arugula) were both targeted. They are so tiny I could not see them with my naked eye. Taking a macro shot of them and – WOW!! They are beetles! I was convinced they were black aphids.

Does anyone know what these are!!???

[one_half]Look at the damage!![/one_half]

[one_half_last]Millions of holes![/one_half_last]

I hope someone can help!! I thought that no insect likes rocket because of the pungent smell. I am sorry to have lost my last rocket bush!

I hope you all have a great gardening week!!