Tips for September 2025
August 30, 2025 9:43 am Comments Off on Tips for September 2025September and October are the best time to plant daffodils, crocus and iris bulbs. Tulips can wait until November without... View Article
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Tips for August 2025
July 29, 2025 2:50 pm Comments Off on Tips for August 2025Shorten the long whippy growth on Wisteria back to five or six leaves. This will encourage flower buds to develop... View Article
Tips for July 2025
June 29, 2025 1:18 pm Comments Off on Tips for July 2025Continue to harvest summer-fruiting raspberries. Once fruiting is finished, cut old fruited canes to ground-level and tie in new, healthy... View Article
Tips for June 2025
June 2, 2025 7:55 am Comments Off on Tips for June 2025As soon as soft fruit starts to ripen, such as blue berries, strawberries and gooseberries, protect them from birds by... View Article
Tips for May 2025
May 1, 2025 8:12 am Comments Off on Tips for May 2025Place pheromone traps in apple and pear trees to monitor attacks from codling moth that cause “maggoty” fruit. Plant up... View Article
Tips for April 2025
March 31, 2025 4:25 pm Comments Off on Tips for April 2025Remove unwanted suckers from the base of trees, shrubs and roses. Instead of cutting, tear them off as close to... View Article
Tips for March 2025
March 4, 2025 4:00 pm Comments Off on Tips for March 2025Prune established blueberries now while the rounded, fat fruit buds are distinguishable from the smaller, flatter leaf buds. Blue berries... View Article
Tips for February 2025
January 28, 2025 12:55 pm Comments Off on Tips for February 2025For late flowering Clematis in pruning group 3 (such as Viticellas), cut all growth to healthy buds 15-30 cm above... View Article
Tips for January 2025
January 1, 2025 4:43 pm Comments Off on Tips for January 2025For early crops, sow onions, leeks, cauliflowers and lettuce under cover now. Spray fruit trees with a plant oil winter... View Article
Tips for December 2024
November 27, 2024 10:31 am Comments Off on Tips for December 2024Keep flowering Azaleas, Cyclamen and Hyacinths in cool conditions 10-15 deg. C. to prolong flowering. Place the pots in good... View Article