Notes on autumn lawn care
Autumn lawn renovation – this year 2021 it looks as though late September early October is going to be the ideal time for autumn lawn renovation. At this time the soil should still be...
Lisa and Andrews Garden Notes
Mulching to reduce weeding.
Mulching to reduce weeds and maintain moisture levels 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...
Feeding your plants general advice
Feeding your plants Feeding with low nitrates and high nitrate feeds – this is the main difference between plant foods. High nitrate feeds creating lots of green stems and leaves and growth in general...
Difficult weeds – mainly the ground elder on the front of house
Difficult Weeds – Ground elder on the front of the house. Its likely to be most effective to cover the ground elder with landscape sheeting cover with bark mulch and then treat the ground...
Green manure and the vegetable garden
Green Manure For Your Vegetable Garden. With your vegetable garden it would be a good idea to use green manure over the winter to improve the soil. This well need to be sown in...
Hot beds in the vegetable garden
Hot beds Before the age of the car, people mostly went about on a horse. This meant there was a lot of horses and and a great deal of horse manure to find a...
Creating and managing a compost heap
Composting Composting is all about managing bacteria, fungi plus other soil organisms such as worms With composting the key is to keep the bacteria in your compost heap or bin working as quickly as...
Winter washes for pest and disease control
Winter wash pest and disease control on roses and fruit trees and bushes Winter wash and tar wash Application of tarwash or winter wash during the winter is now key with climate change to help...
Soil test and soil test results
Click here to download the soil test results With your soil it’s a very sandy loam, we had assumed because of this the soil might be quite acid, as the lime content in the...
A quick explanation of mycorrhiza fungi and its importance
The importance of maintaining good soil conditions to promote and assist your plants in teaming up in a symbiotic relationship with mycorrhiza fungi Within mutualistic mycorrhiza, the plant gives carbohydrates (products of photosynthesis) to...
Pricking out seedlings
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...