There has been a lot of interest and feed back in regards to the recent article about the use of aspirin as a garden spray to assist plants in protecting themselves against diseases and pest insects. The first thing to understand is that any spray of aspirin, is not likely to cure any problem you […]
Several gardeners have contacted me recently because their stone fruit trees have leaf curl damage. Unfortunately for these gardeners they have already lost the battle this season in controlling the disease. Curly leaf is a difficult one so I did a little research on the Internet and came up with the following from the University […]
Recently I received a couple of new tips which might be of interest to you.
Spring is a good time to sort out any problems you may have in your lawns. Lawn problems include; sparse grass coverage, lawn weeds, patchy areas, moss, soil insects, ponding, thatch and the health of grasses. The first thing to do is an inspection of all your lawn areas and take a few notes on […]
Deciduous trees and plants such as roses are now starting to move or in other words, break dormancy and start a new season. This is about the last chance to prune if you have not already done so.
Now we are at the beginning of August this means that there is about 20 weeks till Xmas or 140 days to be a bit more exact.
Last week I popped into a local garden centre and was taken back on all the new season’s stocks of things that we should be getting organised to do. Spring vegetables and flower seedlings, seed potatoes, asparagus crowns, liliums, strawberry plants, fruit trees and ornamentals to name some of the main lines. The weather has […]
Citrus trees are valuable plants for anyone’s garden, not only will they supply you with a bounty of fruit every year; they are also an attractive, highly scented tree. In fact I cannot think of another fruiting plant that has such a delicious perfume when in flower. Citrus trees are a long term, fruiting tree […]
