It’s May, although you wouldn’t know it from the temperatures in Holland 🙂 If you act quickly, you can still prepare your garden for Summer. Dutch newspaper Dagblad van het Noorden shared 6 good tips. We have picked the best and collected a few more from our gardenersto present you the most useful ones:
- You decide for yourself what you consider a “weed”: some types of clover are good to use as fertiliser and you can make tea from nettles and other plants
- Pruning encourages growth: remove old & dead wood, crooked and intersecting branches. But not too much! And do use razor-sharp pruning tools. The pruning calendar tells you when… And our gardener Patrick recommends pruning trees when there are no leaves on them: then you can best see and adjust the structure and shape of the tree & branches
- Green deposits are best removed, as these mosses and algae can seriously damage your wooden decking and planters. Once the deposits are gone, sweep the tiles regularly with a little sand to make sure it does not return
- Fertilising is essential for healthy, strong plants. Use organic fertiliser or compost (from your own compost heap) on plants, flowers and bushes in Spring and on grass twice a year