Create a Garden That Children Will Enjoy
How to make your garden more child-friendly – use a Wendy house! So many people worry about making their garden a fun and play orientated environment for their children. It can be hard to encourage children to get outside and play – and with all the health scares we see about our children daily it is no wonder we are concerned about them getting outside and being more active. Children love to be outside, but making your garden somewhere suitable for your children to play can be a difficult task. Here are some ideas for getting the children outside more, and adding features which will not...
Read MoreJanuary in the Garden
As January rolls on, sunny afternoons and lengthening days remind us that in just a few weeks we will be sowing seeds and enjoying the flowers of early spring. Despite frozen soil there’s still plenty to do in the garden, as long as care is taken. It’s important to avoid working frozen or waterlogged soil, as this can cause permanent damage. When possible, avoid walking on waterlogged soil too. Instead, work from a plank or board that spreads the load. Now is a good time to prune currants and gooseberries – especially new bushes or cordons. If you were too busy last summer...
Read MoreAc – acclimatization – history of gardening
History of Gardening Extracts – Definitions beginning with ‘Ac’ from the Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening 1951. Acclimatization – “The attempt to inure plants to a climate different from that of which they are native. There is no evidence that such attempts have been successful, at least so far as rendering tender plants less susceptible to injury by low temperatures are concerned. The most that appears possible is to select out of a species individuals more gardy than the majority and perhaps from the extremey range of their natural...
Read MoreNovember in the Garden
November is a mixed month in the garden. Warm, sunny days offer an ideal opportunity to get out into the garden and finish up important tasks, while frosty mornings warn about the season to come. Gardening tasks centre around maintenance and repair, as well as planting for next year’s growing season. Tidy borders Many annuals and herbaceous perennials begin to look tatty, brown and soggy at this time of year. Cut them back and add to the compost heap or they will encourage disease. Some herbaceous perennials may still be providing late colour, while many seed heads dry into...
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