Welcome to our Blog
I have over 20 years of gardening experience and work with some of the most unbelievably talented gardening professionals in Derby. I'm always happy to offer free killer advice, also gardening hints and tips regarding your gardening needs. Part of our mission is to provide you with useful gardening information, to help you maintain your garden and make life easier in your garden.
Jobs to do in November
This time of the year as everything starts to slow down in the garden you should turn your attention to:
Particularly useful, in order to create a blank canvass for a new gardening vision or bringing some order to your garden
A good time to do this before nesting starts again
- Repairing or replacing fencing
Helps to maintain the security & beauty of your garden
- Repairing or replacing walls
Helps to maintain the security & beauty of your garden
Other Jobs to do in November
Aerate the lawn
Benefit – Lets the stale CO2 (carbon dioxide) out of the soil and lets oxygen into the soil, encourages new root growth, improves nutrient absorption, improves lawn drainage, helps to create a healthy lawn.
Rake fallen leaves then compost
Benefit – Helps light & air to get into lawns & plants
Clean out the greenhouse
Benefit – By washing trays, pots then mending/oiling/replacing tools – gets the greenhouse & contents ready for the next year also helps to prevent pests from hibernating then unleashing themselves creating problems in Spring
Cut back perennials
Benefit – Regenerating the plant, encourages new growth, keeps plants from overwhelming other nearby plants
Frost Protection
- Protect tender & half hardy shrubs – place crushed bark, straw, and bracken over the crowns
- Put pots & tubs under cover
- Wall and Fence Climbers – cover with straw or bracken, tie in place
Note: When there are signs of growth remove the above frost protection
Planting
- Plant evergreen shrubs and conifers Bare rooted trees, shrubs, hedging and roses
- Winter bedding
- Daffodil bulbs
- Moving Trees & Shrubs - where you need to reposition trees and shrubs, this is the time to do it
- A great time to plant roses
Other Gardening Jobs
- Pruning roses
- Cut back perennials
What does this mean?
Aerating the lawn - This is the action of putting holes in it, through to the root zone
Bare rooted – This is a plant or tree, where the roots are exposed and not surrounded by soil. They are normally dormant & should be planted at the earliest opportunity and the roots should be kept moist
Crown – This is where the plant stem meets the roots
Half hardy – Plants requiring protection from frost
Nesting Season – The official nesting season is normally February until August and tree work should be done outside of this period. Infringement of The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 & breaching The European Habitats Directive 1992/Nesting birds Directive can result in fines also possible imprisonment.
Perennials – Also known as herbaceous perennials, they survive the frost, die back in winter back to the root stock then grow back in spring
