TIDY UP TIME?
With the frosty nights a lot of herbaceous plants are dying back now. The urge to cut everything back is pretty strong this time of year, but it might be an idea to leave some cover on the ground. Soil really needs a cover of some sort; if the ground is left bare then this is a perfect place for weeds to take hold. Ideally a green manure such as field beans could be grown on the area to keep the weeds off. It might be getting a bit late for that now so when you are collecting the fallen leaves put a thick layer of them on the bare earth as mulch.
WILDLIFE NEEDS SHELTER
A tidy garden may look smart, but where are all the friendly garden creepy crawlies going to snuggle down for the winter?
Leave some piles of leaves and logs in an out of the way place. Let thick hollow stems stand in the winter or collect them and tie in a bunch and hang in a sheltered spot.
Make a pile of dead leafy twigs. Don’t be too tidy. Ladybirds, lacewings, hoverflies and many other garden creatures need as much help as possible to get through the cold, wet winters.
Horticultural.
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