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
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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
Tips for November 2024
October 29, 2024 4:56 pm Comments Off on Tips for November 2024Prune apple and pear trees once the leaves have fallen between now and early March. Aim to maintain an open... View Article
Tips October 2024.
October 1, 2024 10:22 am Comments Off on Tips October 2024.Create a wildflower area in an existing lawn early in October. Rake then sow Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus Minor) to suppress... View Article
Tips for September 2024
August 31, 2024 7:16 pm Comments Off on Tips for September 2024Lift main crop potatoes as soon as they mature, as slug damage will get worse the longer tubers stay in... View Article
Tips for August 2024
August 2, 2024 4:29 pm Comments Off on Tips for August 2024Keep Camellias and Rhododendrons well watered. This ensures good flower bud formation for next Spring’s blooms. Complete lifting second early... View Article
Tips for July 2024
July 1, 2024 10:14 am Comments Off on Tips for July 2024Harvest summer fruiting raspberries and as they finish cut out fruited canes. Thin and tie in new ones to support... View Article
Tips for June 2024
May 28, 2024 9:36 am Comments Off on Tips for June 2024To encourage plenty of embryo figs, which will ripen next year, pinch or prune off the tips of new fig... View Article
Tips for May 2024
April 30, 2024 3:07 pm Comments Off on Tips for May 2024Check Box plants regularly for evidence of damage from box tree moth caterpillars (webbing and defoliation). Remove any caterpillars that... View Article
Tips for April 2024
March 31, 2024 11:48 am Comments Off on Tips for April 2024Remove faded daffodil and tulip flowers, nipping off the heads and seed pods. Leave foliage to die back naturally. This... View Article