In The Garden

After the hot, dry summer and early part of the autumn, at long last we’ve had some decent rain that has seeped in several inches and the garden now looks so much better as a result. However, when you dig down a spade’s depth in our garden, the soil is still very dry, so we […]

The gardener’s diary with Martin Fish After the very hot and dry weather in July, we’re still getting hot weather in August with hosepipe bans likely soon, so we’ll have to wait and see what we get? At the moment, even though we’ve had a couple of light showers, gardens are looking parched, especially lawns. […]

 The gardener’s diary with Martin Fish Keep deadheading roses as the booms fade. Individual flowers can be snipped off or where they are in a cluster, cut the stem back to a bud, to encourage new growth and more flowers. July is the ideal time to trim hedges now that the birds have finished nesting. […]

The gardener’s diary with Martin Fish If you are planting out vegetable plants or shrubs and perennials into the garden, make sure they are well watered in, especially if the soil is dry. Don’t plant bedding plants or put hanging baskets out until the danger of frost has passed. Sweet pea plants can be planted […]

The gardener’s diary with Martin Fish Early to mid-March is the perfect time to lift and divide established clumps of perennial. This rejuvenates the plants and provides you with more to spread around the garden. Have a tidy through the borders to remove any weeds that have grown over the winter months, so that you […]