A community page of hints and tips for growing in your garden
... if you have anything you'd like to share please do send it in ... then maybe we will all be entering produce in the Village Show!
Send pictures or information to [email protected]
... if you have anything you'd like to share please do send it in ... then maybe we will all be entering produce in the Village Show!
Send pictures or information to [email protected]
OCTOBER
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SOW NOW
sow sweet peas now (and in February) broad beans outside hollyhock oriental poppies hellebore wildflowers winter salad leaves carrots windowsill herbs onions garlic cauliflower phacelia |
JOBS ...
plant spring bulbs (but not tulips yet) plant or move biennials like forget-me-nots, wallflowers, foxgloves cut back and compost herbaceous perennials prune climbing roses mulch raised beds plant bare-root apples, pears and other fruit trees - also fruiting shrubs such as blackcurrants and gooseberries take cuttings of penstemons and salvias pot up verbena for cuttings in the spring gather leaves for leaf mould bring in tender plants before frost keep deadheading |
SEPTEMBER
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SOW NOW
hardy salad leaves spring onions peas pea shoots fennel beetroot pak choi radish carrots broad beans |
take mint cuttings
just snip off the tips and plant HARDY ANNUAL FLOWERS TO SOW Cornflower Sweet Peas Ammi Visnaga Snapdragons Nigella Poppies Orlaya Grandiflora plant garlic |
JOBS FOR SEPTEMBER
keep deadheading collect seeds in paper envelopes plant crocus and daffodils in pots prune shrub roses store apples ripen any remaining tomatoes with a banana! move herbaceous perennials and then cut back cut hedges deadhead dahlias prune lavender |
AUGUST
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SOW NOW
cabbages chard chicory kohlrabi lettuce oriental leaves rocket spinach spring onions turnips |
stake tall or top-heavy plants like
dahlias and lilies collect seeds take cuttings of rosemary, sage and mint divide clumps of chives turn your compost every month to keep it aerated and speed up decomposition prune wisteria |
JOBS FOR AUGUST
top up bird baths regularly water fruit and veg daily prune summer flowering shrubs like hydrangeas once the blooms are finished keep on top of weeds move and divide iris |
JULY
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SOW NOW
carrot beetroot calabrese cauliflower chard chicory coriander florence fennel french beans kale kohl rabi lettuce pak choi parsley peas radish spring cabbage spring onion swiss chard turnips winter spinach |
hedge cutting starts at the end
of the month as the birds will have fledged and left their nests as Brian says on the Nature Notes; look out for Hedgehogs and their young ... |
JOBS IN JULY
plant out leeks net your brassicas make basil pesto AND FLOWERS TO SOW NOW: wallflowers pansies forget-me-not foxglove |