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Its still very wet out there! In many Warwickshire gardens if you tread on your grass you leave a muddy footprint. Whilst the soil is this saturated the best way to help it is by keeping off it. In the last couple of blogs we have looked at how planting trees can help manage waterlogged… Read more »
In the last blog we looked at trees that can grow in boggy conditions and are adapted to help us manage heavy rainfall. As well as trees, the design of your garden can help you to manage heavy rainfall. One of the best ways to manage the impact of rainfall on your property is to… Read more »
A very Happy New Year to you all! Here in Warwickshire we might not have experienced the extremes of rain that other parts of the UK have recently, but its still been pretty wet! Gardens are boggy, lawns saturated and flowerbeds more mud than soil. When the ground is this soft, it is better to… Read more »
At Christmas we tend use Holly and Ivy to decorate our homes. We wondered why? The use of holly and ivy to decorate a midwinter festival is likely to go back into ancient history long before Christianity and Christmas reached the UK. Then evergreen varieties that remain in leaf in the coldest of winters were… Read more »
Most of the leaves are off the trees now, allowing your evergreens to come to the fore. Evergreens are more than just conifers. There are lovely plants such as Box, Privet, Laurel and Bay that can be feature plants in your garden. Bay has the added benefit of being a culinary herb too. The deciduous… Read more »
The recent mild damp and windy weather has bought autumn to our gardens. The leaves are coming off the trees and plants are being bashed about by the wind. If you have tall plants or climbers, they will be having a particularly hard time in this weather. The wind is catching those long limbs and… Read more »
As the leaves turn the countryside is looking glorious, the palate changing from greens to golds and reds. I have never seen New England in the ‘fall’, which is meant to be spectacular, but even here in Warwickshire the colours are pretty good. Have you got any autumn colour in your garden? The maple (Acer)… Read more »
October is one of the best months to plant a hedge, the ground is warm, the soil damp, and with more rain to come over the winter, once you have planted you can leave it alone until spring. If you can get bare rooted plants to put in now they will over winter and be… Read more »
Has your garden got the ‘September Blues? It’s when the annual flowers are leggy, untidy or finished. The final blooms of roses are scattered across the bushes, and beautiful upright plants are bashed about by rain and wind. It’s easy to fall out of love with your garden at this time of year, the gorgeous… Read more »
At Chopwell Autumn is one of our favourite times of year. The local trees and hedges are looking wonderful and many are laden with fruit to forage. If you fancy foraging but are not sure what is edible, here are some ideas. Blackberries, easily recognized, just a bit smaller than the cultivated ones you can… Read more »
