The winter months give you the opportunity to see the bare skeleton of your garden before all the perennials and new leaves emerge…this is an ideal time to start any hard landscaping work you may want to do but if not, here are our gardening tips for January……

Recycle your Christmas tree if you can by shredding it for mulch
Prune trees especially apples and pears
Prune Wisteria
Repair and re-shape lawn edges
Keep putting out food and water for hungry birds
Ventilate the greenhouse on sunny days
Clean pots and greenhouses
Dig over any vacant plots that have not been dug already
Plan your vegetable crop rotations for the coming season
Clear ponds of falling leaves and keep a check for freezing over

Top up your wood store / fire logs