Composting autumn leaves
Autumn is a beautiful time of the year as the leaves of deciduous trees change from green to shades of red, flame and gold, colouring the landscape and garden. However all gardeners know that...
Daily Archive: November 5, 2021
Mulching your flower borders
Weeding and mulching – your border needs a quick weed. After weeding apply mulch which is a clean material that stops the sunlight from reaching the weed seeds and smoothers the weeds. With your garden...
Notes on composting and creating a compost heap
Ideally every garden needs a compost heap, whilst you can spend a lot of money on an especially made composter one of the most effective composters can be created by using 5 old builders...
Raising the soil ph on the lawn
With your lawn the soil test showed your soil pH on the lawn is pH 5.9 which is slightly acid. This has likely been caused over a number if years by the application of...
Spring bulbs summer bulbs
Late autumn and early winter is the best time for planting spring flowering bulbs such as crocus and tulips and also for planting summer flowering bulbs such as Allium The only except is snowdrop...
Screening in your garden
One of the best instant screening shrubs is Photinia it can be purchase at a reasonable cost and if planted I well prepared soil it will grow away and increase in size quite quickly....