Gardening Diary

You could be getting more from your garden and we are going to show you how.

This is the Bayleaf Garden Services garden diary which will take you on a journey through the gardening year, month by month, offering tips and all sorts of useful information that will help you get your garden up to scratch, whatever the weather.

WINTER

December

  • Spray your existing fruit trees when dormant and finish planting.
  • Protect trees and shrubs in harsh weather and plant out new trees and shrubs in containers.
  • Protect dormant bulbous plants and autumn planted plants from the cold.
  • Ensure lagging is in place around outdoor pipes and fixtures.
  • Create a hole in the surface of frozen over ponds to allow gasses to escape.
  • Empty last years compost bin and spread around garden. Turn this year's compost bin into last year's bin.

January

  • Rid of any dead plant tops from your borders.
  • Dig over heavy soils to be over weathered. Add grit for drainage.
  • Finish planting roses in finer weather, providing the ground is dry.
  • Continue planting shrubs and trees.
  • Apply a nitrogenous fertiliser to fruit trees and bushes grown in grass.
  • Ensure good drainage for both new and established lawns. Also, prepare top dressings for spring use and continue aeration.

February

  • Prune any roses that repeat-flower and remove any dead or damaged wood.
  • Apply fertiliser to rose beds.
  • Plant trees, shrubs and roses.
  • Continue pruning fruit trees.
  • Cut back overgrown hedges at the end of the month.
  • Protect your pond from ice and remove weeds from bog gardens.
  • Tilt beds and add rich soil and compost to prepare them for annuals.
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