I can’t believe it is July already! I’ve seen the weather
for this week and it looks like it’s going to be quite warm. So enjoy being
outdoors and please enjoy your garden, that’s what it’s there for! This time of
year, if you’re not much of a gardener yourself, things can start to look a little
over grown. We can help with that. As well as the regular garden maintenance service
that we provide our customers, we also undertake one off garden tidy ups. We
can make things manageable again for you, so you can still make the most of
this summer. July is a great month for Foxgloves, Lavender, Sunflowers, Roses, Lily of the valley and mock orange to name but a few, there are loads to choose from so take a trip to your local garden centre. If you like to prepare, then you might consider planting ready for next month too.
Since the last blog, Richard has been busy with garden maintenance, hedge cutting, landscaping and sorting out weed control. Weed control, includes removing weeds, using weed killers or using a mypex weed control membrane. All of these have their uses but i’d say the best thing to do, is just keep pulling them out before they take over, unless you specifically want to landscape an area.
This weekend Summer and I took a trip to the beach with some good friends. We had great fun running in and out of the sea as the waves chased us. It wasn’t so much fun when Summer got sand in her eye. However, ice cream soon fixed that! If you are off to the beach you might collect a few shells and stones along the way, which you can then integrate into your garden, if you’d like to run with the seaside theme. Perhaps you could use them to decorate some pots. Or you could arrange them with tall grasses, the African lily, heathers, red valerian and ornamental thistles. Or you could integrate them into your garden path for a chance to be artistic, although you may need a far few to do this!
The tip for this week:
Look after your roses. If you spot green or black fly on
your roses give them a squirt with water and a bit of washing up liquid. The
blast of water will knock them off, keep on top of this to keep them at bay. If
your rose bushes have any black or yellow spotted leaves, remove them and bin
them to avoid the spread of disease. Snip off dead rose heads to prolong
flowering and give them plenty of water, roses are thirsty!
My favourites this week, the welsh poppy, delphiniums, rambling rose and wild geranium.
