September – Harvest month, everything always needs picking at the same time! (This is where your freezing skills come in). Although, just like football, whatever went astray last season, autumn heralds a fresh start!

Continue to feed and dead head hanging baskets and containers and they should keep going until the first frost, always a welcome sight!

Plant Hyacinths and amaryllis now to ensure fab blooms at Christmas, perfect for

presents. Guess what – it’s time to plant spring bulbs again, lovely daffodils to brighten up early spring.

September is the perfect time for a bit of lawn maintenance (no scowling!) - to avoid waterlogging and compaction aerate your lawn with a garden fork and apply autumn fertiliser which is rich in potassium and low in nitrogen. Come the spring you’ll be glad you did it!

Perennial weeds are more vulnerable to weed killers in the autumn, so get spraying.

Did you know – liquidized slugs and bugs make an excellent natural insecticide! (this is not one for the fainthearted)

We have a trip to Malvern Flower Show on the 24th September, if you would like to come (we would love to have you!) please contact us on our website.