YOU MAY BE HUNKERING DOWN FOR WINTER IN THE GARDEN BUT IT‘S NOT LONG UNTIL SPRING ARRIVES. A FRESH CROP OF GARDENING EVENTS ARE ON THE HORIZON AND ITS THE PERFECT TIME TO PLAN WHICH ONES YOU WANT TO EXPLORE. WHETHER YOU'RE A BUDDING BEGINNER OR A SEASONED PRO.
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A spot of gardening, even on the coldest and greyest of days, will lift your spirits, and warm you up! The shorter days also make it more difficult for gardening as the daylight hours but there are still may jobs to continue with in the winter months
During the Autumn months try to resist the temptation to spring clean - so as to give wild life some winter shelter. However do keep weeding and tidying your borders. Fallen leaves can be left to rot down, but remove any diseased material and burn the diseased matter to prevent pests if possible.
These hot summer months may badly scorch your lawn and so to prevent this occurring, raise your mower blades to help reduce the drought stress on your grass.
Sweet Pea Week, 3rd -10th July 2016 Every year, Lincolnshire’s Easton Walled Gardens raises hundreds of sweet pea plants, a spectacular sight which can be seen in full bloom during our famous Sweet Pea Week 3rd – 10th July 2016.
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. This is a busy time of year with plenty of jobs around the garden to sort. Make sure you complete all of these tasks to keep your garden in top form. Begin by planting warm-season grasses such as Pennisetum and Panicum to give them plenty of time to establish before winter.
Now Spring is here and the temperature is rising there are numerous jobs to be tended to. Firstly plant any new evergreen trees, shrubs and hedges and move any existing evergreens.