Gardening hints

June has been a real mixed bag! The beginning was sunshine, then hot and sticky days and nights, where plants struggled to cope with the heat and so did we!! Followed by heavy downpours and cold days and nights towards the end of the month.

Hopefully July will be more settled and we will be able to get back out into our gardens and enjoy warm sunny days again.

In the garden roses are now in bloom and have benefited from the cooler temperatures. Spray your roses with Rose Clear to reduce the chance of black spot once a month should be ample.

Water your baskets, pots, tubs and borders on a regular basis, early morning or when the sun has gone down in the evening. Feed them on a weekly basis and remember to dead head your plants where necessary, so your plants continue to flower and look fresh.

Early potatoes should be ready to lift now, keep the main crop earthed up to avoid the tubes going green in the sunlight.

Runner beans, peas, strawberries etc should be coming along nicely.

Keep on top of the weeding, with the sunshine in early June followed by the heavy rain the weeds are thriving, so remove them before they start seeding.

You can message us on our Facebook page or pop into the nursery if you have any questions and I will try to assist.

Most importantly enjoy your garden, hopefully with warm summer evenings on the way, you can sit back, relax with a tipple of your choice—mine as always is a nice cold beer.

Cheers

Source: Nigel, Art Garden Centre