We have had a lovely couple of weeks to end September! I hope you managed to get out into the garden and get some spring bulbs in for next year? Gardens are still colourful with chrysanthemums, Michaelmas daisies and cyclamen, not forgetting berries and autumn foliage. It’s not too late to plant something that will give you colour for years to come. Come and check out our autumn colour at Holme-Living, across the car park from the shop.
Essential Jobs Checklist for October
- Bring in tender perennials, trim and store in a frost-free place, although here in Jersey we can often wait until November.
- Start a new compost heap (all those fallen leaves, potato peelings etc, go on, go ’Green’ this year and save yourself some money)
- Mulch your border with homemade compost (for those of you who’ve already seen the benefits of being ’Green’!)
- Compost summer bedding and plant up containers with bulbs and winter bedding, or come and see our ready planted up containers.
- Plant bulbs in the garden. There is still time to get narcissus in, tulips can go in as late as November. We have a super range!
- This is also a good time of year to plant new shrubs and perennials. The warmth in the soil will help them to get quickly established. Be sure to water in well in dry weather (it can happen!)
- Clean out your greenhouse, and make space for those tender plants that need a frost-free place in a cold snap.
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Sow a new lawn; we have all the seed you need.
Use a nematode mixture watered into all your pots to kill any lurking vine weevil. Vine weevil is on the increase in Jersey, as are Chafer grubs. We sell ’Just Green’ bio-control products that will be delivered to your door with full application instructions.