Andy's Garden Services

26/07/2024

Lovely idea. 🌺👍

22/07/2024

5 plants to take easy cuttings from 🌺.

09/06/2024

With slugs being a real problem this year attached is a post by BBC Gardeners' World Magazine on how to stop them organically.

How do you stop slugs and snails eating your plants? 🐌 Here are our top organic methods:

1 Water on a biological control. Many organic gardeners are turning to biological controls that contain microscopic nematodes. These infect slugs with bacteria and then kill them.

2 Water in the morning. This ensures that the soil has dried out by the evening, when slugs are most active. Wet soil at night can create a slug highway between plants.

3 Copper rings can be effective slug deterrents – if a slug tries to cross one it receives an 'electric shock', forcing it back. Put rings around vulnerable plants such as hostas – bury them deep as slugs may reach the plant from underneath.

4 Slugs love bran and will gorge on it. They then become bloated and dehydrated, and can't retreat to their hiding places, making them easy pickings for birds.

5 Make a slug trap using cheap beer – slugs will be attracted to the smell. Sink a beer trap or container into the ground, with the rim just above soil level. Half fill with beer and the cover with a loose lid to stop other creatures falling in. Check and empty regularly.

08/06/2024

How to deal with bind w**d.

Don't let bindw**d take over your borders! 😱 Watch Alan Titchmarsh's expert guide to tackling bindw**d here: http://spr.ly/6181emMnt

23/05/2024

A lovely day out at Chelsea Flower Show.

30/01/2024

Repairing a restructuring a woodland garden for one of my clients.

26/07/2023

You know I have a passion for Hydrangeas here is how to take cuttings.