Aberdeen Gardening - Help For The Amateur Gardener

 I have been going on a bit about pruning deciduous trees lately, this is the best time of year for the job. Avoid late winter as the sap is rising, pruning then can cause damage, in severe cases whole sections or branches can die off. If in doubt make some checks before rushing in to [...]

 Still tidying up the main borders in the back garden, loads of debris to get rid of. Once this was done I gently forked over the earth, a few dips will require some top soil to even it up.
The main mixed border which has been extremely productive will benefit with a mulch of compost. I [...]

 Probably the shrub in Winter which is the most free flowering, is Viburnum Bodnantense Dawn. White, pink tinged fragrant flowers produced, in colder areas, January through till March.
 In milder spots this shrub can flower off and on from late Autumn right through till the end of winter. Having said this, here in Aberdeen I have [...]

 Our back garden, I would not describe it as one of those which look beautiful all year round, in fact it is very much a summer garden. I am keen to make some changes, but always afraid that I will do something which may spoil the outstanding summer garden which we have.
One cheery evergreen [...]

 Weather at the moment is making it completely impossible for any work in the garden. Mind you taking it easy for a while is not such a bad thing. Gives time to reflect on my favourite time of the year (Spring)
 In the back garden the other day I spotted some shoots of Trillium poking through [...]

 Now is the time to start putting the car in the garage overnight, nothing worse when you are in a hurry and have to scrape the ice from the windscreen.
No way the car was going to fit in the garage without a major clear out, so this morning it got the works, what a state [...]

Bagged up loads of material suitable for composting, all from Perennial plants which had been cut back last week.
Borders are starting to look a little tidier again.
In the afternoon I decided to plant a deciduous Azalea which was purchased last week.
To carry on with my peat free theme from yesterday I decided [...]

 Just beginning to realise that it is time that I became more environmentally friendly than at present.
Yes I have made some inroads but I realise that  I still have some way to go yet. It is so easy to stick to the old ways and bury our heads in the sand.
One change that I am [...]