The Vegetable Plot – January
Every good potato deserves flavour Off to the garden centre with you and pick...
Every good potato deserves flavour Off to the garden centre with you and pick...
Who grows where? The vegetable garden can be well stocked and growing through the winter...
“It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes...
We circle with the seasons: Alfred, Lord Tennyson A wet and windy, yet mild December...
Carry on gardening Why not make the first satisfying job this month one of planting...
Spring is in the air It can seem churlish to always blame the weather in...
Whatever the weather Welcome to the new gardening year. Even though it’s only January there...
How is your own journal looking? When the Gardener’s Journal first started, the suggestion was...
Planning ahead In keeping with your planning the rest of the garden it’s worth considering...
Crop rotation for good yields When you are digging over the vegetable plot give some...
Pruning almost all bush and standard roses can be started once all the leaves have...
Summer prune rambler roses, such as Albertine, that have grown for a few years. Start...
Prune hardy fuchsias, Buddleia, Hydrangea, Leycesteria, Caryopteris, cornus (dogwood) and salix (willow). Prune evergreen shrubs,...
Prune large flowered clematis and start pruning roses, removing any dead, damaged or diseased stems. ...
You can prune the weak growth from summer flowering clematis and cut back late-flowering clematis...
Keep digging! Any areas not dug over should be finished with soil still workable and...
It’s a busy month and possibly made even busier if poor weather in March delayed...