It’s been a cold, hard week of freezing temperatures. It’s hard to dig trenches in frozen soil, and it doesn’t help when the little terrier steals the tennis ball from the collies and won’t give it back! At the start of the week we used a pick-axe and mattock to get through the frozen soil,Continue reading “Sub-zero landscaping”
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Good bye, January!
January is a notoriously miserable month, and this one has been a prizewinner. Rain, mud, biting winds and general gloom as far as the eye can see. But if you look a bit closer, there’s plenty to fee good about. Buds are swelling ready to burst into flower or leaf, and snowdrops are up withContinue reading “Good bye, January!”
Working around storm Cristoph
Working in winter in West Wales often involves working in fairly extreme weather, but storm Cristoph added a few extra problems to this garden near Llechryd…. Before the storm arrived, we protected our half-metre-deep trench with extra-large tree pots to prevent it collapsing from the weight of the rain. After the rain had stopped, weContinue reading “Working around storm Cristoph”
Attracting wildlife
Everyone loves seeing birds in their garden, and many people put up bird boxes to encourage them to nest. But there are good bird boxes and bad bird boxes. Here is a quick guide to selecting and positioning a birdbox for your garden. Some birds won’t nest in boxes until they have been in positionContinue reading “Attracting wildlife”
Tree planting
January – tree planting time! We are in our second year planting and restoring hedgerows at a 200-year-old farm in Ceredigion. We use bare-root trees a for large-scale planting jobs, as they are lightweight and economical. We are planting a native mix including hawthorn, guelder rose, field maple, rowan, oak, spindle, hazel and hornbeam. TheseContinue reading “Tree planting”
