Love Wrexham Magazine - Issue 3 - September 2019

Gardening
Getting Your Garden Autumn-Ready
How to keep your garden happy and healthy in September by Allan Longshadow, Wordworx
With summer drawing to an end and autumn fast approaching, now is the time to get your garden in order for
the months ahead.
Order in the borders
As the evenings begin to draw in, the
bedding plants adorning your borders
will quickly die off en-masse. Unless
you have hardy plants, you’ll want to
dig them up, get your beds looking
tidy and spread some compost over
them to replenish the nutrients for
next year.
Tend to the Tiles
Take the time to give tiled paths and
patios a thorough surface cleaning
and a good weeding between the
gaps to help keep them at their best.
It will also help to prevent them from
becoming slippery.
Get to grips with grass
Give your lawn a good trim before the
weather gets too cold and wet, and
apply a good quality lawn treatment
to restore sparse patches and kill
back any weeds and moss growth.
It’s also a good idea to add fertiliser
now, to ensure healthy growth come
spring.
Prepare your pond
A top tip if you have a pond in your
garden - get some pond netting from
a local garden centre and cover it
before the leaves begin to fall. It will
save you a huge amount of effort
later. Hold it down with rocks or
heavy planters.
House your herbs
Potted herbs smell lovely in the
garden - and bringing them into
shelter under a porch or other semienclosed
space will keep them going
for longer.
Top Tip
If you don’t have a porch or other
shelter, a plastic greenhouse is an
inexpensive way to protect longer
lasting plants. Locate it in the most
sheltered area, and put rocks or tiles
on the base to weigh it down.
A little effort now will save a lot of
effort later...
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Using a net will also help prevent your
pond from going stagnant.
Don’t leave the leaves
Don’t allow fallen leaves to gather
and linger around - as they get
damper, they will be harder to clean
and may cause surrounding plants
and woodwork to rot. They’ll also
make spring cleaning much harder.
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