The Kitchen Garden
The Kitchen Garden is an area of the GardenWorld dedicated to helping people grow their own food crops. Whether you’re working in an allotment, vegetable plot or with containers; whether you want to...
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Skimmia Winter Show
The vibrant red berries of the Skimmia can bring a much needed touch of colour to the patio during dark winter months. Skimmias are slow growing, compact evergreens with glossy leaves in a range of...
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Pears, plums, cherries and early apples will all be flowering in April. Only five to ten per cent of the flowers need to set fruit for there to be an adequate crop, but there must be a good show of...
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Protect soft fruit from birds by throwing nets over the bushes or by building a fruit cage. Control aphids and other pests. If you are spraying, wait until the evening to avoid spraying bees. Vitax...
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Most soft fruit will be ripening this month, as well as early plums, there may be some peaches and perhaps early apples. Remember to pick all ripe fruits, even if there is more than you want at the...
View ArticleYour Garden in August
In August, the garden usually looks after itself and it’s time to enjoy the fruits of your labours. If you are going away on holiday don’t forget to arrange for a family member or friend to pick crops...
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Early varieties of apples and plums will now be ripening. There are still flushes of soft fruit to harvest and this is worth doing as most soft fruits freezes well even if it cannot be used...
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Pick all fruit as it ripens. Order new trees, bushes or cane fruits; some varieties may not be available later. Remember that gardens in valleys or those surrounded by hedges can be liable to damage...
View ArticleYour Garden in October
October is one of the loveliest and most colourful months of the year. Many flowers are still in bloom; the autumn-flowering bulbs such as colchicums and nerines are at their best and many shrubs and...
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Continue to order any trees, bushes or canes that you want for winter planting. Check the requirements of the fruit you are planting and prepare the planting sites accordingly; some fruit trees need a...
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