There are plenty of timely midsummer jobs to be getting on with this week and at Longmeadow, Monty revels in the sweet peas he grew from seed earlier in the year and shows how to keep their display going on into the weeks ahead. He also takes softwood cuttings from herbs, including lavender and lifts and divides primulas. He also talks us through the importance of Summer pruning of trained Pear and Apple trees.
Monty Starts the show at a part of the garden that has been least 'gardened'. It's the wet meadow where his Writers' Shed is.
He shows us how he is cutting back the long grasses ready to turn it into a Wet Wildflower Meadow.
As the weather takes a turn for the worst Monty goes into the Potting ...
We start the show at Longmeadow with bees in mind, Monty plans for spring by planting some early nectar sources for them using bulbs which flower early in the year, namely crocus and winter aconites. He also selects some asters which will not only give colour for autumn but will also help bees b...
Monty looks at his green manure that he sowed a month ago. It has come up well, although a little sparse. Monty is interested in the root growth which will be forming a good web underneath the soil, bulking it up and adding organic matter and also providing a cover above the ground to stop weeds ...
