Nov
2009
Articles from 14th Nov 2009
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Gardening: House plants
Nov 14 2009 | Gardening Tips
For perennial houseplants, you can reduce the watering between now and the end of February to avoid root rots. Read
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Gardening: Bird baths
Nov 14 2009 | Gardening Tips
Make sure that the bird bath is kept clean and topped daily as birds need to drink and bath to keep feathers in prime condition for warmth. Read
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Graham Porter’s gardening: Plant trees to give the oxygen for life
Nov 14 2009 | Gardening Tips
HAVE you ever considered what trees do for us? Read
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Gardening: Where does that come from? - History of rope
Nov 14 2009 | Gardening Tips
GIVE someone enough rope and . . . Read
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Graham Porter’s Gardening: this week’s diary
Nov 14 2009 | Gardening Tips
` Aminopyralid is back – after several years of disasters for growers and allotment holders with polluted manures from farms that have used this powerful grassland selective herbicide, the suspension placed on the sale and use of this chemical produced by Dow Agrosciences, has been lifted – visit www.manurematters.co.uk for more on this issue. If you are buying horse manure where the animals have been grazing on treated grass, test your manure before spreading it on your plot. Read
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Gardening: Guttering
Nov 14 2009 | Gardening Tips
Now that most of the leaves have fallen, it is a great time of year to check and clean out gutters and downfall pipes to avoid damp getting into the house walls – take care on ladders. Read
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Graham Porter’s Gardening: Jobs for the week
Nov 14 2009 | Gardening Tips
1 Non-invasive perennials – More plants for you to search out that are well behaved. Cortaderia selloana – choose the variegated form for a stunning architectural plant that stays where it is put. Corydalis flexuosa – the blue form of its more invasive wild relative. Crambe cordifolia – a mass of white foaming flowers in early summer that forms a sizeable clump but does no spread. Crocosmia – choose named cultivars to be sure that your garden is not taken over. Cynoglossum nervosum, with its azure-blue flowers will perform well in well-drained fertile soils. Read
