Garden Tips Archive

February Gardening Tips & Advice

If you have Virginia creeper and Boston ivy growing on house walls they can be cut back now to help keep them clear of gutters and windows. Early potatoes can be chitted now, stand them in a tray or egg box on end in a cool light frost free place. Check tree ties to make…

July Gardening Tips & Advice

Trim herbs regularly to keep them bushy with lots of new growth, any trimmings not required immediately can be dried or frozen for future us. Use pots of straw to trap and remove earwigs and prevent damage to Dahlias and Chrysanthemums. On hot days damp down the paths of greenhouses to help keep them cool…

June Gardening Tips & Advice

As soon as they start to flower early potatoes should be ready to harvest, usually around 10 weeks after planting. Early summer flowering shrubs such as Weigela, Kolkwitzia and Philadelphus can be pruned after their flowers fade; older plants can be rejuvenated by cutting some of the old stems back to near ground level. If…

May Gardening Tips & Advice

Hang pheromone traps in fruit trees now to catch plum and codling moths to prevent them damaging fruit. Early flowering perennials such as Iberis. Alyssum and Aubrieta should be trimmed back after flowering to promote new growth and maintain a compact plant. Runner and low beans can be planted out at the end of the…

April Gardening Tips & Advice

April is a good time to apply a spring fertilizer t the lawn, this can be combined with a weed and moss killer if required. If a moss killer is used leave 2 weeks raking out the dead moss. Hardy annuals can now be sown in prepared beds outside. Cut away the flowering heads on…

March Gardening Tips & Advice

When cutting the lawn for the first time of the year keep the mower blades high usually cutting off around one third of the length. Alternatively just mow a path through and plant some bulbs and wildflowers and watch your lawn come alive with colour and insects. If you have a propagator, heated greenhouse or…