Category: Gardening Tips
Gardens are a never-ending source of demands for upkeep, big and small. Because the weather dictates what you can do to a garden, there’s a lot to consider for wet winters and fickle summers. This section focuses mainly on the little upkeep jobs you have to do to keep a garden from getting wild and losing the pleasure of using it. Here, you’ll find advice tailored to your averages British garden and British weather. The advice assumes no big budgets, no greenhouses, and no endless free time.
Many of the articles here follow their respective season gardening calendars and many of the articles answer frequently asked questions. The articles here look after recently laid turf, answer what to do when autumn comes, and address the various pruning questions. The goal for all the articles is to communicate practical advice garden lovers can use. Gardening is complicated enough already, there’s no need to make it more so.
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Make the most of your garden this autumn
Summer is not the only time to enjoy a garden as many people find out when they take a few simple steps to give the outdoor space an autumn makeover. Once the garden has been tidied, old plants have been thrown away and shrubs have been cut back look at the space and find a…
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Looking after newly laid turf
Newly laid turf can look lovely and really transform a front or rear garden, but it does need to be well looked after especially in the early days. One of the main reasons you may find that your turf doesn’t take well is that it hasn’t been watered enough. You may be surprised actually how…
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Top 10 tips to prepare your garden for Spring
Winter is normally a quiet time in the garden but it won’t be long before spring arrives and you’ll be caught up in the frenzy of seed-sowing, growing, and nurturing your garden as it comes to life! Getting your garden in order early will help make the spring a little less hectic.