Autumn can be a busy time in the garden, we have some great tips to make your life easier!
Set the cutters of the lawn mower high and use it to collect leaves off the lawn. It’s quicker than brushing them up.
Cover the pool with a fine net to prevent leaves blowing in.
Remove old leaves and weeds from the herbaceous border; it’s where the slugs and snails hide. If the area is small surface the bed with coarse grit. It will deter slugs and open up the surface allowing water to drain away.
Turn over piles of garden debris before burning to make sure there are no hedgehogs about to hibernate in the base. Leave a few small heaps under hedges to attract them.
There are lots of seeds which can be saved now from plants in your garden. Poppy, foxglove, aconite and verbascum produce thousands of seeds which, if sown, will flower next year.
