Keen gardeners who are eager to get to work outdoors may find there is more work to be done as a result of the unseasonably mild winter conditions the country has been experiencing.
Horticultural adviser for the Royal Horticultural Society Tony Dickerson said this makes now an ideal time to start attending to “various sorts of planting of woody plants”.
He acknowledged January is still a little early for those who wish to begin sowing seeds, as there are not a lot of plants that thrive this early in the year.
Despite this, there are still some that can be worked on now, with sweet peas and “one or two vegetables that you might get away with, if you can grow them under a bit of cover”.
Those who wish to do this may be able to take advantage of one of MowDIRECT’s wide range of cultivators and tillers, as many of these products are well suited to vegetable patches in garden’s of all shapes and sizes.
If it is felt protection is needed for varieties that are to be grown early, one solution could be to cover the soil with a layer of mulch.
Various chippers and shredders are on offer for customers to browse, with many of these machines able to produce this valuable substance from recycled garden waste.
“January is really just a little bit too early, we have got no idea what the weather will be like, the weather could be very bad possibly, in February or March, so it is basically very early to be doing much in the way of sowing,” Mr Dickerson added.
Indeed, the colder season also presents dangers to some plants, as fruit and trials specialist for the garden charity Jim Arbury recently warned fruit harvests could be diminished at harvest time.
