Don't worry if your lawn is looking brown or even yellow, the autumn rains will soon make it green again. Don't feed your lawn with a high-nitrogen fertiliser now as this will encourage lots of lush new growth which is easily damaged by autumn weather. Lawn growth slows down in late summer so raise the [...]

      Try watering the soil around the base of plants rather than the foliage. By  making pools around individual plants so that the water is directed straight to the roots where it is needed. Water your containers and baskets thoroughly in hot weather. Collect valuable rainwater Use water butts instead of tap water [...]

There's nothing like a bowl of cool washing up water to please a thirsty plant or lawn! How best do you water those patio plants? Well if you can avoid letting them dry out to wilting point, its better to soak them thoroughly one day, then let them go the next day or two without [...]

  There are many species of aphids but almost all respond to the same control and treatments. A large variety of chemical sprays are available from your garden centre to treat aphids, but all will have some bad effects on other beneficial insects and wildlife.   Where edible crops are sprayed with these chemicals, some [...]

Are you Tick aware? Ticks are small, spider-like creatures that feed on the blood of animals, including people. Ticks are present in the borough. They are present in woodland, in long grass and even in gardens. Ticks can transmit bacteria that cause diseases such as Lyme disease, which, if left untreated, can lead to very [...]

A very common plant, both in the garden and the wild, with the potential to kill in quite small amounts but also the source of medication which has saved thousands of lives since its discovery in 1775. The name "foxglove" was first recorded in the year 1542 by Leonhard Fuchs, whose family name, is a [...]

Growing hollyhocks in the garden is the goal of many gardeners who remember these impressive flowers from their youth. The flower stalks on hollyhocks can reach heights of 9 feet tall! They can tower above a garden, adding a lovely vertical element to your garden Let’s look at a few tips on hollyhocks to help [...]

Any plant with three leaves was revered in the Middle Ages as a symbol of the Trinity. A four-leaved cover was especially lucky as the extra leaf was supposed to impart the gift of second sight. Red clover was used to make a cough mixture by adding the red blossoms into a boiling mixture of [...]

Spray against pests, Aphids, greenfly , and blackfly as they are likely to become more of a nuisance this mouth unless at the first sign of attack you take measures to stop them. Trim Hedges you can trim evergreen hedges lightly during June. Plant Winter Greens, during June you can plant out all types of [...]

Some 400 years ago in 1618 a cow discovered Epsom salts when it refused to drink from a spring in what is now the middle of the Wells Estate on Epsom Common, the water tasted bitter and was tested and found to contain  Epsom Salts. Epsom became to the first public Spa in the country [...]