Tips for November 2020
October 29, 2020 12:42 pmPlant tulip bulbs for spring flowers. Plant to a depth of 6″. Start winter pruning of apple and pear trees.... View Article
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Tips for October 2020
September 29, 2020 9:56 amCut down Asparagus stems as they turn yellow and mulch with well rotted farmyard manure or garden compost. Plant rhubarb... View Article
Tips for September 2020
August 30, 2020 9:10 amAt the end of the month cut down asparagus foliage. Plant spring flowering bulbs such as crocus, daffodils, hyacinths and... View Article
Tips for August 2020
August 1, 2020 11:18 amComplete summer pruning of currant bushes. Cut summer fruited raspberry canes down to soil level. Tie in healthy canes for... View Article
Tips for July 2020
June 26, 2020 11:13 amThin overcrowded apples, pears and plums. If you do this now it means you will get larger and better quality... View Article
Tips for June 2020
June 1, 2020 7:49 amPlant out sweet corn 16″ apart but in blocks rather than rows as this aids pollination by the wind. Finish... View Article
Tips for May 2020
April 27, 2020 7:27 amContinue to earth up potatoes until June. Lift and divide overcrowded daffodil clumps. Gently separate offsets from parent plants and... View Article
Tips for April 2020
April 2, 2020 11:05 amIf you did not prune your Lavender last autumn. do so now, using secateurs or shears to remove spent flower... View Article
Tips for March 2020
March 2, 2020 11:42 amComplete rose pruning this month, feeding afterwards with a proprietary rose fertiliser and mulching with garden compost or manure. Plant... View Article
Tips for February 2020
January 27, 2020 9:59 amCut back late summer and autumn flowering Clematis (Group 3) 12″ from ground level. Prune autumn fruiting raspberries cutting all... View Article