Seasonal Tips for Summer - Soil Matters

At the heart of every garden lies the garden soil. For a healthy garden you need to start at ground level. Don’t let a poor, nutrient deficient soil ruin your efforts you can make a huge difference to the quality of your garden soil with the minimum of effort.

By summer any deficiencies in your garden soil will start to become really obvious. If you keep the soil in good heart it will support plant growth right through the season and your garden will be healthier all round. If your garden soil is poor or depleted from active plant growth then improve it using one of the specially formulated soil improvers from Westland. For example Premium Garden Soil is a carefully selected soil with a high content of organic matter, vital for healthy soil. Premium Garden Soil has added fertiliser so it is ideal for planting specimen garden plants such as Topiary sculptures. It’s great for new beds and borders, rockeries and for replacing existing soil. Top dress around existing plants or make plans to improve the soil in the autumn and winter.
organic Farmyard Manure is ideal for conditioning the soil and adds vital nutrients and water holding organic matter to garden areas where heavy feeders deplete soil nutrients quickly such as the vegetable plot or rose beds. Keep adding these ‘soil foods’ to the surface of the existing soil, either by lightly working it into the soil surface, or by applying as a mulch. Either way the worms and other soil organisms will work the organic matter into the soil to create a healthy structure.

Gardening tips for this Summer:

If you would like to refer back to the Seasonal Tips for April/May click here.

If you would like to refer back to the Seasonal Tips for February/March click here.