A gardening expert has suggested there is one job gardeners need to start doing now in order to ensure a productive growing season.
Although January is coming to an end and the cold weeks of February still lie ahead, soon it will be Spring and nature will begin to flourish once again.
With that in mind, horticulturalists around the country are giving out their top tips for how people can best prepare their gardens for the change of the seasons.
One gardener, Ciar Byrne, has suggested that people need to start preparing their beds for seeds, so they can be in the best state possible for the longer days and shorter nights coming the UK’s way.
Writing in the Mail, she recommended: “The days are getting longer and within a few weeks it will be time to start sowing seeds directly into the ground and transplanting seedlings that started off under cover into vegetable beds outdoors.
“Prepare your beds for the growing season now by clearing them of weeds using a hoe or hand fork.
“Next month, you can start sowing directly into the ground, making seed drills or planting out early potatoes and seedlings you have raised indoors. Doing the groundwork now will give you a head start for a productive growing season.”
Talking about the coming month excitedly, Monty suggested that people should begin to think about pruning, sowing, mulching, and feeding the birds.
On the fourth job, Monty said it was crucial to keep the ecosystem alive, as birds have a tough time during Britain’s winters due to the difficulty in getting food.
However, by feeding them, Britain’s gardeners can help them when they’re laying their eggs. Monty said: “Keep on feeding birds as they are now beginning to mate, nest and lay their first clutches of eggs. The better nourished the parent birds are, especially in cold weather, the larger and healthier the offspring will be.”
Meanwhile, when it came to mulching, the act of covering the area around plants in compost or other organic material, Monty recommended in his blog post: “This will do three important jobs simultaneously.
“The first is to suppress any annual weeds and weaken any perennial ones. The second is to reduce evaporation and therefore keep in moisture and the third is that it will be incorporated into the soil by worms and improve the structure and nutrition.”
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