May time – it’s one of the busiest months of the gardening year, and here are the Walker’s topical tips for the late spring. Try to weed in the hottest part of the day, if you can, because then there’s no real reason to remove the uprooted bits and pieces. You just let them lie [...]
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Lilacs are beautiful, there’s no denying that. But a lot of customers have been asking us recently about the invasive suckers that break out from the bush (or tree) and make a nuisance of themselves in neighbouring beds. Lilacs just love to sucker, and when you cut them off (by using a very sharp spade) [...]
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Sit back – and enjoy some more gardening quotes… When you’ve pulled out the final weed of the day, put the trowel back in the potting shed, and surveyed the new seedlings, take a little time out to sit down, pour yourself a glass of wine, or make a cup of tea, and enjoy some [...]
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Green fingers? Here are our Walker’s Wrinkles – some topical tips we’d like to pass on from our experts, and from our visitors, too. Nettles just don’t like cinders and coal ash. So if you are lucky enough to have an open fire, or you know someone who does, use the contents of the grate [...]
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The Walker’s way to horticultural heaven….. a regular reminder of topical tips….. Camellias are one of the most beautiful joys of the season. They are neat evergreen shrubs, and a young specimen makes one of the best patio plants that you can possibly find. Grow it in a large tub, with ericaceous compost.. A tip [...]
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