The thoughts and ramblings of a landscape gardener…
Posted in advice - garden, every post to date on Nov 3rd, 2008
it may well be november - but that does not mean one can rest on their laurels [?!!]. There is still so much to be done in the garden. So here are the bits and bobs you need to get at. Help is right here - if you need it, just hollar. It may be [...]
Posted in advice - garden, every post to date on Oct 22nd, 2008
this is another easy task that can [should!] be done in the garden. It also doesn’t require that much energy and is actually quite enjoyable!
It is considered generally impossible to remove ivy from trees. The only way, it seems, to do so when it is as mature as in this photograph is to cut it [...]
Posted in advice - garden, every post to date on Oct 8th, 2008
some call it ‘garden hygiene’ but, it is simply, really, a good darned clean up combined with a close up inspection to leave you in good stead for next year. It is what my Mother used to do before Christmas in the house - the big winter/ spring clean - so to speak.
It is absolutely [...]
Posted in advice - garden, every post to date on Oct 7th, 2008
Sometimes the question to be asked *is* where does the plant want to grow? A weed is defined as a plant growing in a place where it is not wanted. Sometimes i get S.O.S. emergency calls asking why a plant isn’t doing so well here, or why [ieg] Marys plant grows better for her in [...]
Posted in advice - garden, every post to date on Oct 2nd, 2008
It is that time of year again. It is time to start planting bulbs. [more information on how to bulb plant here].
It is a case of decide what you want - next year - and back track to now. The only problem with planting bulbs, for you as the client, is that the results are [...]
Posted in advice - garden, every post to date on Sep 26th, 2008
If you are buying topsoil - buyer beware - this really is a case of cheaper can often be more tearful than cheerful. Buy from a reputable source and before it is tipped in you’re driveway… jump in and have a rumage around.
The [generally speaking] golden rule for good topsoil is the darker the colour [...]
Posted in advice - garden, every post to date on Sep 15th, 2008
I always think of my sins when I weed. They grow apace in the same way and are harder still to get rid of - Helena Rutherfurd Ely, A Woman’s Hardy Garden, 1903
Who wants them? What should we do about them? A weed by definition is deemed to be a plant growing in a place [...]
Posted in advice - garden, every post to date on Aug 20th, 2008
If one is thinking of where to start in a garden… at the top is usually a good place! In good gardens, good planning is everything. One can have anything they want and at anytime, but, when it comes to working with the seasons this is where one gets the most from their budget.
As I [...]
Posted in advice - garden, every post to date on Jul 17th, 2008
Yesterday and today saw a battered lawn take a spoon full of sugar. Oh yes! Caculated green back to perfection time is 4 weeks.
The days of the old 10:10:20 fertliser have passed however - For the times they are a changin’ - I’m not saying they’re defunct just passed - for me. In horticulture, the [...]
Posted in advice - garden, every post to date on Jul 16th, 2008
There should be no question of whether one ‘tops’ a tree. Trees should first be selected based upon a horticulturally educated basis. That is the right tree for the right place rather than a choice based on price. In practice generally - the shorter time a tree must spend growing in nursery to become [...]
