subject: Gardening Tips [print this page] Even if December is the beginning of the cold winter and we regard it more or less as the holidays month. Gardening should continue, there are many must do December gardening jobs that you would not like to postpone. Check the following gardening tips.
First thing to do in December is to plan the upcoming spring landscaping projects. It is like making gardening part of your new year revelations. If something has caused you problems, deal with it now, ask gardening services London for advice, solve the water draining problems and so on. Or at least schedule it in time.
Urgent December gardening jobs - try to prepare the garden for the heavy winds, frost and so on. Secure the trees, tie the loose branches, prune dry ones.
Deal with foliage - remove the leaves. Remove the rotten and diseased ones and make a compost heap out of the healthy foliage.
Pruning - shrubs can be maintained now. Prune the bigger ones. Shape the trees a bit, go for the small and weak branches. Garden clearance London advice to prune vines now. If you want them to be safe from bleeding in January, go for pruning now.
The time is right for re-planting and moving shrubs. Better do it on a sunny day. Go for gently shovelling them up instead of pulling the plant.
Indoor plants also should be prepared for the winter. Water them two times less. Reduced watering will help them keep the warmth and the nutrients in during the cold season.
Lawn December care - it is not all about your plants, the lawn needs some immediate care, too. Trimming may be done less often, but remember that your lawn grass will grow when the sun is shining and temperature is about 5-6C. Do not cut it too short, it needs some extra warmth. Remove the foliage that has fallen on it, it may cause rotting and strange grey stripes. Try to walk on the walk ways not on the grass, especially on cold winter mornings when the grass is all in frost.
Make some extra holes in the soil to avoid water logging in spring and summer.
