garden jobs

Planting a tree and making sure the hole is large enough for the root ball and the substrate is soft compost and soil, then ensuring the young tree is supported with an appropriate stake

How to dig up turf and plant bulbs underneath before folding the grass sod back on top of the bulbs

How to pollard a tree by pruning

Using a second plant pot to provide drainage and support for a pot plant

Safely pricking out seedlings from a seed tray

How to prune a tree to ensure you have a single stem tree

Propagating strawberries and finding and planting in runners to produce new plants which can be potted on sparately once established

How to take basal cuttings from a perennial and trim the base before covering it with a bag in a pot until it’s established when the cuttings can be separated and re plantied or plated out

Example of a fruit tree grown into a bush pattern, in this case an apple

Example of a fruit tree grown into a fan pattern

Example of a fruit tree grown into a standard pattern

Chart showing the estimated eventual full grown height of trees with different sized root stock in cases of fruit tree, presented as an illustrated chart with the original size of the root stock and the final probable size shown in paler form

Example of a fruit tree grown into a dwarf pyramid pattern

Example of a fruit tree grown into a step over or low espalier type or pattern

Examples of four different patterns of fruit tree trained growth type including espalier, step over espalier, dwarf pyramid, and a small standard. Apple trees.

Six different ways to design one garden showing how much variety you can find

Garlic plait showing how the dired out leaves of each garlic plant can be pliated together to hold the bubs in a neat bundle, ready for use in the kitchen or for drying

Garlic being plaited together for storage and drying, illustration showing the way to include more bulbs to make a big clutch of garlic bulbs

Basic overview of the different shapes and styles of greenhouse available

Diagram of a greenhouse showing vents, shape, waterbut, and doors

How to take a hardwood cutting from a parent plant, four steps showing making the cutting, dipping it in hormone rooting powder, and establishing it in a new pot to grow

Steps involved in establishing or laying a new hedge showing digging a trench for compost, planting the hedge plants, pruning them, and keeping the hedge straight

Different shapes you can trim your hedge into including boxy, sloped, and rounded

How to layer bulbs of different sizes which grow at different depths in a pot