October Advice And Tips

Well October is quickly upon us and we are having a fine sunny start, and a good opportunity to get in the sunshine and start planting again.

The first frost is a little way off so you can get some HERBS planted, there are very popular indoor plant to grow througout the winter months

BASIL OREGANO, CHIVES


THYME AND PARSLEY will do nicely.


GARLIC Can be planted now


BLUEBERRY PLANTS, This is a good time to get those roots started off.


FLOWER BULBS Lots of varieties to choose from to be planted for next spring


GARDEN TIP: If you have one, your compost tip should be really be filling up now, use the leaves from the trees in your surrounding area.


OCTOBER & NOVEMBER: The good advice I can give you for the next two months is to DOUBLE DIG your garden. Try and incorporate plenty of manure and deepen that topsoil.If you have a finer soil this wont be necessary.