Rose Pruning If the thought of pruning a rose leaves you cold, help is at hand. Here are our tips to make the job fly by. The first question is – why prune? Flowers appear on canes, which grow from the base of the plant. After flowering stems weaken and eventually die. Pruning gets rids o...
Trees and roses over winter are often supplied as “bare rooted”. These trees have been grown in-ground, then dug up when dormant and sent to nurseries. This should not put you off but instead embraced as it substantially reduced the cost in buying deciduous trees.Here is how to plant your new bare tree:1. Firstly sel...
CompostingHere is a quick guide to help you produce the best compost you can in whatever compost bin design you choose.AirOxygen is crucial to a good compost as it is the lifeblood of living activity. Bacteria, fungi and microorganisms need it to do their job in turning the organic matter into valuable hummus. Turning the compo...
Ingredients5 bags of cow manure (don't substitute with chicken manure which will be too strong and burn roots)1 cup of Blood and Bone1 cup of Sulphate of Potash3 cups of DolomiteMethodThis magic mulch recipe should be mixed together before being laid, 10cm deep, around the base of your trees (especially Magnolias) and shrubs...
The Hen and Chicken – Chicken? Using Echeveria glauca to plant out a wire framed bird. (Requires: 1 wire bird or any other frame, sphagnum moss, premiu...
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