Summer gardening calendar to keep your outside space healthy
You may think that summer is a time for rest and relaxation, when you can just sit back and enjoy your garden, but there are plenty of jobs to be done during the warmer months to keep it looking its best.
Horticulturist Nick Hamilton – son of the late legendary broadcaster and Gardeners’ World presenter Geoff Hamilton – who runs Barnsdale Gardens in Rutland, offers this gardening calendar to help you through.
June
Make your own liquid feed
“I use nettle feed as a growth stimulant and comfrey to encourage flower and fruit,” he says.
Hamilton uses an old onion bag (you can get them from your local market), weighed down with stones, and crams it full of the leaves before
