What to do in December

if you are going on holiday prepare the garden with deep watering and thick mulching.
There is still time to plant up pots for presents with herbs continer plants or seedlings.
make fresh sowings of basil and rocket and baby lettuce leaves to keep up your herb and salad supply
watch out for the amaryllis caterpillar and reomove by hand or treat with oleuM

The Best Way to Plan Your Vegetable Garden

Our Garden Planner makes it easy to draw out your vegetable beds, add plants and move them around to get the perfect layout. Either metric units or feet and inches are supported and any shape of garden can be created.Whether you use traditional row planting, raised...

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March

It is the best time to plant out or move trees and shrubs as they will have time to settle in as there is still enough heat for active root growth. Keep soil mulched around shrubs and give special attention to watering camellias and azaleas. Apply...

April

Now is a good time to transplant or move trees and shrubs as they will have time to settle in while it is still warm enough active root growth to take place. Look out plants with attractive autumn foliage in your area and get some of your garden. Trees...

August

Plan your summer garden by making a sketch of the flowerbeds and indicting what colour schemes you wish to create and where to plant what. Evergreen trees look very lovely in August when many trees have lost their foliage. It could be tricky, though to find...

February

Continue preparing and planting for winter and spring colour in the garden.\ Continue planting one of the following trees or shrubs for their lovely flowers at this time of the year Australian frangipanis pmpn trees, Cape chesnuts bottlebrushes...