Green Fingers “It’s March, the month of many weathers and also the start of the gardening season. The longer days with sun shine and wind will mean that ground conditions will start to improve. It’s time to get out and get a start on the jobs that need doing. Get into your beds and borders…
Green Fingers God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. – Francis Bacon It is estimated that by 2050, 66% of the world’s population will live in cities and a recent study shows the average American adult spends 93% of their time indoors. A recipe for an unhealthy…
Green Fingers We as humans are very dependent on tiny insects called pollinators. We need them because they pollinate most of the fruits and vegetables that make up our diet. Pollination occurs when pollen is moved within flowers or carried from one flower to another by insects. The transfer of pollen between flowers of the…
Green Fingers “It may be doubted whether there a many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world as have these lowly organised creatures”, said Charles Darwin. Darwin wrote this in 1881, he spent over 40 years studying them. As gardeners we should think more about them, what…
Green Fingers “I’ve lived in small rooms, flats, growing plants in pots on window sills. I’ve had liked to have had a full-hedged garden with all kinds of flowers and plants. I’ve never had enough money to buy a big enough garden space.” – Ruskin Bond. The above quote from the great author/poet is something…
Green Fingers “Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils” – Cyril Connolly If left on the grass of your lawn for long enough, leaves will cause it to weaken and yellow, which will encourage fungal diseases and bare patches. Gather them up and turn them into…
Green Fingers September is the best month for sorting out many of the problems that your lawn has. There is still heat in the ground and it will be a while yet until first frost. This means that your lawn has plenty of time to recover. If you have a lot of moss or…
GREEN FINGERS Our warm, wet July has meant lawns are growing fast. Keep on top of mowing them. If you return from holidays to find yours looking like a hay field, don’t cut it down in one go. Raise the height of your mower up full and cut it. Then each subsequent cut lower it…
Green Fingers The exceptionally dry summer last year, and a dry winter and dry spring this year will have put a lot of plants under stress – even large mature trees and shrubs that you wouldn’t normally expect to see this on. Trees and shrubs have come into leaf and even flowered and then…
Green Fingers June, your garden is starting to peak. Beds and borders are full of colour and life. All the work you put into weeding and hoeing is now paying off. As shrubs and perennials fill out, there will be less and less weeding to do. Annual weeds are no longer a major problem…