Cornus hardwood cuttings
With the plants behind the pool, the cornus or dog wood stems you could take some hardwood cutting now autumn is the best time to take the cuttings – Details below Growing garden plants...
Daily Archive: October 1, 2022
Drainage pitch planting and comfery tea
With the drainage ditch at the side of the house we could plant it with ground cover plants that will stabilise the ditch banks and can be strimmed down once a year to allow...
Cut down on weeding with mulching
One of the keys to creating a low maintenance gardening is to use mulches to suppress the weeds and reduce the need for weeding. In areas that are predominantly trees and shrubs you can use...
Dividing your perennial plants such as red hot pokers
Autumn is traditionally the best time to divide perennial plants such as Kniphofia, agapanthus, penstemon, rudbeckia and other perennials with fleshy rootsThe reason for dividing perennial plants is that if left to grow in...
Creating a simple compost heap with builders pallets
The best compost heaps the GardenAdvice Team have found over the years has been home made ones created with old builder pallets. These pallets are the same as what some Industrial racking suppliers use...