How & When to Mulch Your Garden Mulching is most commonly used as a means to improve the soil around plants, but it also gives your garden a beautiful, neat outlook, while often reducing the need to spend time on maintenance such as watering and weeding. Mulch helps to retain moisture in the soil during summer, prevents the appearance of pesky weeds […]
Planting Bare-Root Trees: The Trees Direct Guide When the big jumpers come out of storage, and the clinking of central heating systems can be heard in homes up and down the country, it means only one thing…winter will soon be upon us. The air might be getting colder, but now is a good time to get out into the garden, believe it […]
Ways to Prepare Your Garden For Winter At Trees Direct, we’re now beginning to cast our gaze upon those upcoming winter months (a far cry from our last blog post about protecting your garden from the summer heat). Autumn is now in full swing, and as the greens slowly turn to bright shades of yellows and oranges and your plants and […]
Steps To Protect Your Garden During a Heat Wave Gardens are a great place to enjoy nature and decompress after a long day. While many of us love the heat, it can really play havoc on our garden if we fail to take a few simple steps to protect it. It’s very important to understand the potential symptoms of dehydration. Heat damaged plants will […]
9 Must Have British Trees for Attracting Wildlife Just a single tree is capable of supporting hundreds of different species – birds nest within the branches, lichens grow on the trunks, blossom attracts lots of insects in spring, and the fruits and seeds provide a food source for birds and small mammals. Nooks and crannies within the bark of older trees are an […]
