We’re just about into the autumn clean up, the time we ‘put our gardens to bed’ for the winter. Weeding, pruning then top dressing
We’re just about into the autumn clean up, the time we ‘put our gardens to bed’ for the winter. Weeding, pruning then top dressing
Now. I know it’s a terrible cliché to start a piece of writing with ‘People always ask me… blah, blah, blah’ and it’s almost
When I mentioned last week that it was dull and grey and miserable outside what followed was several days of warmth, light and sunshine.
Cooler, gustier, greyer and decidedly miserable… but enough about me, how about September? Yup. It looks as though the Indian Summer we always hope
Yes. It’s festival season again. Everywhere in this green and peasant land, new bands, pop bands, DJs and everyone else that can bang a
Now’s the time for trimming overhanging branches on trees, just before the warmer weather and Spring growth when leaves emerge. Pruning trees now will
Thick hedges, those really wide, unkempt with trees growing in amongst them, benefit from attention at this time of the year so that the
You can take the secateurs to some of the larger garden shrubs now but the problem at this time of the year is how
In a few weeks you will want to start cutting back the perennial shrubs and soon you will need to prune the roses before
With the huge amounts of rain and milder winter gardens are putting on a very early spurt and if you did not carry out