Winter and the dark night’s are here! Time to look at seed catalogues and decide on next year’s order. Another job is reviewing all the tools in the shed and cleaning them. A good idea when someone says what do you want for Christmas? An opportunity to get a new border fork or something similar.
Anyone storing dahlia tubers or gladioli needs to give them a check in case of rot or mouse damage.
Autumn fruiting raspberry canes can be cut down to the ground now. Blackcurrant bushes can be pruned by taking out some old wood. Redcurrants fruit on old wood so only need to be tidied up maybe taking out branches that get too close to the ground out completely. Gooseberries can also can be tidied up by having branches that too close to the ground removed.
Roses can be half-pruned to stop wind rock with a final pruning in March. The reason for not hard pruning at this time of the year is that with our mild winters they can grow new shoots that can be killed later when we have cold weather in February.
Next year’s programme is available in print and to download from the website and is packed with talks and outings so have a look. We start the year off with every popular Bob Brown from Cotswold Flowers and our Spring Show is early this year on March 21st.
Have a good Christmas and New Year and start the year with resolutions to do better in the garden and make sure you put in those important first Wednesdays in the month in your diary for our Gardening Club meetings!
Cheers
Peter Chamberlain
www.bishamptongardeningclub.org.uk
Tel: 01386 861438
Anyone storing dahlia tubers or gladioli needs to give them a check in case of rot or mouse damage.
Autumn fruiting raspberry canes can be cut down to the ground now. Blackcurrant bushes can be pruned by taking out some old wood. Redcurrants fruit on old wood so only need to be tidied up maybe taking out branches that get too close to the ground out completely. Gooseberries can also can be tidied up by having branches that too close to the ground removed.
Roses can be half-pruned to stop wind rock with a final pruning in March. The reason for not hard pruning at this time of the year is that with our mild winters they can grow new shoots that can be killed later when we have cold weather in February.
Next year’s programme is available in print and to download from the website and is packed with talks and outings so have a look. We start the year off with every popular Bob Brown from Cotswold Flowers and our Spring Show is early this year on March 21st.
Have a good Christmas and New Year and start the year with resolutions to do better in the garden and make sure you put in those important first Wednesdays in the month in your diary for our Gardening Club meetings!
Cheers
Peter Chamberlain
www.bishamptongardeningclub.org.uk
Tel: 01386 861438