Spring is gathering pace and it’s most welcome! But so are the gardening jobs and it’s time for plenty of hustle and bustle. This week we must turn our attention to pruning certain shrubs, optimising the summer perennials and successional sowing amongst other things… Giving shrubs a spring clean There are a lot of ways that […]
After some really lovely weather through April and early May, much of the garden is shooting up all over the place, and the jobs are piling up! Let’s get on with a bit of border-titivating for the main event, harvesting rhubarb, and choosing some plants for our insect-friends…………… Before we get stuck in, welcome to […]
Once July really kicks in, the goodies keep coming if you’ve done all your earlier spadework – early crops to pick, fruit ripening and flowers everywhere! But no time to rest on your laurels – let’s have a go at pruning the plum trees, taking semi-ripe cuttings and harvesting courgettes, amongst other jobs ……. PRUNING […]
Now the gorgeous lazy summer days have arrived our gardening tasks are mostly of the gentler and easier kind – hurray! So let’s get going on some deadheading, planting for later summer colour and thinning fruit among other jobs……. Deadhead for a better bed One of my favourite summer tasks is to wander among the flower […]