How to prepare your garden for spring
With so many recent storms and freezing nights, it feels like spring and summer are never going to arrive. However, spring is just around the corner and when it comes to prepping your garden, it’s the perfect time to get started. Having a luscious summer garden is a dream for many Brits, but the groundwork for this begins way before the summer months. While spring is when most planting begins, preparing your garden needs to start now....
Terracotta Pots Are The Latest Garden Fashion
Terracotta Pots Are The Latest Garden Fashion Simple Terracotta Design Projects To Transform Your Garden Whether you want to welcome birds to your garden, or add a spot of colour, terracotta offers the perfect base material for an inexpensive garden design project. The sun’s out and homeowners are now faced with transforming their outdoor living space into a beautiful sanctuary for the summer months. If you’re tired of your garden’s...
Protect Your Grass Verge
Keep your green spaces looking pristine, even when you require regular vehicle parking If you find you or others are parking regularly on the grassy areas of your garden or outdoor space, you might have considered concreting or asphalting over the grass to make for a more permanent (and lower maintenance) foundation. On the other hand, it’s often desirable to keep as much natural ground in place as you can – and it’s now...
Create An Instant Border With Large Planters
The Perfect Finishing Touch For Any Garden Creating lush borders doesn’t need to be an uphill struggle, as you can cut out all the hard work by buying some large planters. Spring is well and truly upon us, which means that it’s time to roll up those sleeves and get out into the garden. It can be a little daunting at first – with weeds, grubby paving and frost-ravaged plants to deal with. If your garden doesn’t just...
Keep Your Greenhouse Frost Free
Frost in a greenhouse can affect many plants and is particularly damaging to tender new growth and blossom in the Spring time. Frost can cause plants to become scorched or covered in pale brown patches, alongside damaged blossom and fruits on the plant and in some cases, can kill the plant. It’s important to look after your plants to ensure they don’t freeze overnight; the last Spring frosts in Essex usually last until late April. The...
7 eye-catching flowers that you can be grow in containers
An Entrance having colorful flowers can give awesome scenery and look to your home. You can grow almost all the colors blooms for your balcony garden and are best suitable. But there are some specific flowers which look well in a tiny container and can bring awesomeness. Balcony containers give fascinating look having adorable, colorful flowers. So, which flowers you will include in your container? Not so tough question. There are...