General Top Tips
Our resident gardening guru has compiled a list of General top tips to help you get the most out of your garden with simple little pointers.
- Organic Aphid Control - Try using a concoction of Rhubarb leaves, crushed ...
- Pruning - If you are unsure about when to prune a plant, as ...
- Lawn Aeration - Don’t aerate a lawn with a standard garden fork as...
- Horse Manure - Don't turn your nose up at un-rotted horse manure!...
- Attracting Butterflies - If you want to attract more butterflies into your ...
- Planting Bamboo - When planting Bamboo consider using a flexible, st...
- Spraying Pesticides - When spraying roses and other plants with a pestic...
- Shepherd's Purse Weed - Make sure you deal with the weed called Shepherd's...
- Easy Plant Selection - Make sure you are aware of which plants are growin...
- Holly Berries - If your holly tree / bush never produces any berri...
- Planting Bulbs - When planting bulbs use grit or sand in the planti...
- Choosing Plant Colours - When planting a new border, use a colour wheel to ...
- Slug and Snail Control - Try using organic controls if slug and snail damag...
- Poisonous Plants - If you are likely to have young children playing i...
- Caring for Tropical Plants - Try to find out where your tropical and houseplant...
- Free Lemon Plants - Lemon pips can grow into lemon plants on a warm wi...
- Tree Roots - As a general guide, the roots of a tree will grow ...
- Choosing Plants - Your plant choices should be linked to when and ho...
- Compost - Leave the lid off your compost heap when rain is f...
- Beautiful Poppies on a Budget - Poppy seeds bought in large quantities from a supe...
- Sticky Compost - If your vegetable based compost is too dense and s...
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