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Composting worried about vermin, compost heaps are great for large volumes of plant material, but if you also compost food waste use a wormery ..... |
Wormery
wormeries are sealed units that are ideal for composting plant material and food waste which will not attract rats and mice |
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Onions plant over wintering onion sets now sheakespeare is an ideal choice they are available from thompson & morgan >> ..... |
Pest
& Diseases
before you bring your house plants back in from outside check them carefully for pests such as aphids, red spider mite, botrytis or mildew |
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Watering Tip thoroughly soak drought stressed plants especially recently planted ones, as the weather becomes cooler the soil will be more able to absorb water ..... |
Christmas
Displays
now is the time to plant up prepared hyacinths and hippeastrums (indoor amaryllis) bulbs ready for a christmas display |
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Tomatoes pick all unripe tomatoes by the end of the month and ripen them indoors lay them along your window sills green tomatoes make great chutney ..... |
Perennial
Bargains
this is a great time of the year to buy bargain priced pots of perennials because many are starting to die back and dont look good in garden centre displays |
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Spring Flowering Bulbs buy or order your spring flowering bulbs daffodils should be planted by mid september but wait until november to plant tulips ..... |
Hanging
Baskets
keep dead heading your hanging baskets to encourage more blooms, when all the plants are past re-plant the baskets with winter pansies |
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Windfall Fruit the fruit picking season is in full swing but leave some fruit on the ground, windfalls are loved by ground feeders such as blackbirds & thrushes ..... |
Free
Bird Seed
a tidy garden may look neat but it's not great for wildlife leave seed heads on plants for birds ameranthus, cornflowers evening primrose are ideal |
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Hibernation Hotels many beneficial insects need shelter for the winter so create a dry hotel with lots of nooks and crannies piles of twigs short lengths of cane in a sunny spot ..... |
Lawn
Feed
use only autumn lawn food on your turf now which is high in potash, some unscrupulous garden centres sell summer lawn feed which is to high in nitrogen |
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Clean Your Greenhouse clean out cold frames and green houses before the winter, this will ensure there are no pests and diseases about, use jeyes fluid or hot soapy water ..... |
Plant
Clematis
plant clematis now so that they can establish before the winter, plant the crown 1" - 2" below the soil level this will protect against frost & pests |
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Plant Trees and Shrubs plant trees and shrubs, the soil is still warm yet the outside temperature is cooler providing the perfect planting conditions ..... |
Prune
Climbing Roses
prune climbing roses when they have finished flowering, remove any dead dying or diseased growth cut back side shoots to 2 buds tie in shoots |
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Tidy Tubs if your summer tubs have come to an end place the waste material on your compost heap, then clean them and plant with winter plants and spring bulbs ..... |
Late
Bloomers
summer and autumn flowering perennials such as dahlia, aster, ruddbeckia and echinacea can produce blooms into december if you dead head them |
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Seeds for Birds many border plants offer food for birds in the form of highly nutritious seeds so leave seed bearing plants intact over winter and cut back in the spring ..... |
Plant
Hygene
disease such as powder mildew, rust, fungal leaf spot can quickly spread throughout the garden so before winter cut away any diseased leaves and burn them |
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