Category Archives: Gardening tips

Get your garlic in before Christmas

Garlic can be planted in the garden right up to Christmas as long as the ground isn’t actually frozen. It’s simple to grow and needs little attention. Although you can plant garlic in spring, in fact it benefits from cold weather. Garlic needs at least 2 months of cold to promote it forming cloves. Plant […]

Time for tulips

Autumn is the time for planting spring flowering bulbs such as Daffodils, Camassia, Alliums and Tulips to name but a few. As Tulips are happy to go into the ground right up to the end of November, there’s still plenty of time to put some in. Tulips are simple to plant and look after and […]

Not too early to get gardening

As storm Doris rages you might be forgiven for thinking winter is still here and there’s not much to be done in the garden. There are a few things you could be doing though (besides getting the lawnmower serviced, cleaning and sharpening your tools etc) including planting onions and shallots. Good varieties are Sturon, Bedfordshire […]