Prepping for winter

The temperatures are dropping and daylight hours less but there is plenty of preparation work to do in the garden.

Any overgrown herbs need a trim to stop them becoming too bedraggled and can be divided if necessary. Old strawberry beds will also benefit from a spruce up in readiness for new plants.

Give your soil some love, add new compost and sheep pallets to increase nutrients before sowing your choice of spinach, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, onion and peas. Rose beds too will benefit from a compost boost in readiness for planting.

Feed lawns now if you haven’t already, this will help boost growth and suppress weed growth. If your citrus trees are heavy with fruit, remove fruit and shorten any that are bending under the weight. It also pays to pick up old fruit that’s fallen to the ground as this helps break up the life cycle of bugs. Remove old fruit from the ground around all fruit trees to break the life cycle of bugs.

Plant any new trees now before the soil is too wet.

Re-plant your pots as necessary with winter annuals, add new fertiliser for the season and step back and enjoy the results.