Garden Tasks for December
It might be December, and the weather not so good, but there is still plenty to do in the garden.
Now is the time to assess the shape and design of your garden. Look at it from an upstairs window to see the shape, and make drawings of any new features or design that you wish to implement. Now is an ideal time to move plants, reshape the lawn, and plant new trees and shrubs.
Another task to keep you warm is to turn the compost heap, this helps the rotting process, so that your compost is nice and friable in the spring when you want to use it. In the vegetable garden, there is still time to plant broad beans, and look for winter lettuce and salads in garden centres. Plant the small plants under a cloche, to give you a supply of salads through the winter, but put down some slug deterrents. Check the stability of brussel sprouts and broccoli and stake if necessary. If you have room, dig a trench and fill with manure for next years runner beans, you will have a bumper crop if you do! Tidy up the herb garden, cutting back, or removing annual herbs.
Now is also the time to do some pruning. In frost free weather, prune out dead, damaged and diseased branches from established trees and shrubs. Cut out entire branches of all green reverted shoots of variegated shrubs, and prune any branches overhanging herbaceous borders, and prune vines before the end of the month.
As a Christmas present for a friend, buy them membership of the society for only £5 per year. Contact Sally Orriss, membership secretary 01844 279231
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