We all need a few Gardening tips to help us along from time to time, including myself.
It makes you wonder how some of us actually manage with gardening any time of the year if we have a large garden.
Ok, so here are a few basic tips to be getting on with;
Don't stop picking your fruit until they no longer ripen, something a lot of us forget when winter gardening.
Aerate your lawn and brush sharp sand into spiked holes, this is also about your last chance to give your lawn an autumn feed, don't forget, you will have to continue to mow your lawn but you may have to raise the blades a little in your mower.
Rake up those fallen leaves and put them on the compost heap, cant waste them can we.
If you are thinking about planting some conifers and trees, perennials, shrubs or roses then now would be a good time and also other types of the spring flowering varieties such as pansies and wallflowers etc and bring in any dahlia tubers but carry on with any shrub cuttings.
If you have any hardy perennials then this is also a good time for dividing them.
It is a good time now to be planting your spring cabbage but do remember to cover them with a net unless you really want to fatten up the local pigeons, also plant your autumn onion sets and garlic.
You may also want to dig up any potatoes you have left as they wont last long in the winter frost.
Here's a little tip: Put some grease on any bands you have on your fruit trees, obvious really but too often forgotten.
If you have any tender plants they are not going to last very long if you just leave them out so bring them into the greenhouse.
Another part of gardening is cleaning of the greenhouse glass, yes it needs to be done!.
Make sure that heaters are working - no good waiting until you need your heaters only to find they don't work!
Don't do quite so much watering now and only do it during the morning hours, and also remember those odd warm days when you might have to open your ventilators.
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