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Notes on Spring bulbs As we get into autumn now is the time to plant some spring bulbs Iris reticulata’Early season flowering bulb planted in the ground or in pots with John Inness compost...
Hardwood cuttings can be used to propagate a lot of garden shrubs such as Cornus and forsythiaStarting in the autumn through to the spring as you prune many of your plants back you can...
The purpose of topdressing a lawn is to maintain the levels of the lawn and to help the grass plants to produce more shoots maintaining a denser thicker lawn. Top dressing is carried out...
With a new build house and garden we often start by creating the shapes of the flower borders and carrying out the initial planting. The next stage will be to add the bare root...
As mulch is a clean material free from weeds that covers your existing flower beds stopping light from getting to existing seeds and preventing them from germinating. In the case of spent mushroom compost,...
Pricking out plant seedlings.Once the seeds you have sown have germinated and have grown to a size you can handle they will need to be transferred into individual pots or containers. This is called...
As your tulips finish flowering – now they have died back all the energy will have returned to the bulbs and formed next years flower so they can now be cut back. If they...
The lawn area – now the grass under the sheeting is dead we need to dig over the area. To dig an area such as yours remove the sheeting dig a trench across the...
Seeds in Seed Trays Before sowing any seeds into the trays, give the trays a good wash, if they have been used before. There is no sense in transferring last season’s diseases over to...
Creating an annual border is one of the most rewarding projects in gardening, within a few short months you can create a blaze of colour in your garden. Its quite a lot of work...
