Kitchen Garden Calendar – June

Kitchen Garden Calendar – June

Harvest your strawberries – the first crop should now be ready to pick. Remember to cover the plants with netting to prevent birds from feasting on the succulent fruit. Time to harvest vegetables – you can now start to harvest your early potatoes as well as asparagus,...
Plant of the Month – June 2019

Plant of the Month – June 2019

With so many plants now coming into flower, it is just too hard to nominate just one particular plant. So we have split the list; Shrubs, Climbers and Perennial Roses (Shrubs) A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or...
June’s Gardening Calendar

June’s Gardening Calendar

Summer arrives June 21 is the longest day of the year, and the extra light and warmth encourages the garden to put on an exuberant burst of growth. But this extra light and warmth also means weeds will sprout up from seemingly nowhere. Keep on top of them by hoeing...