December Garden Jobs

December in the garden

If you’ve kept on top of your monthly jobs, there shouldn’t be a long list of things to do in your garden during December, but you can still keep busy.

Here’s a summary, but scroll down if you want more information on any of these jobs!

In the Vegetable Plot

Harvest remaining vegetables
Cover soil

In the Flower Bed

Winter tidy wisteria
Don’t deadhead Hydrangeas!
Dig over and mulch beds

Around the Garden

Check winter protection
Greenhouse heating
Lag garden taps
Check climbing plants

Ask for pruning advice

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For the wildlife…

Food and water

Keep providing fresh food and water for birds – high protein and fat feed is best this time of year. Ensure your bird baths don’t freeze over by floating a lightweight ball on the surface.

Compost heaps

Compost heaps are very attractive to hibernating mammals and other sheltering, its best to wait until the following spring.

Bare root shrubs

Its a great time to plant bare root shrubs that have interest to wildlife and are native to the UK; we recommend hawthorn, rowan, holly and dogwood.

Leaf/ log pile & bug hotel

Create a leaf/ log pile and/ or bug hotel out of old sticks, twigs, fallen leaves, bricks, pallets, garden pots and old debris from the garden. This will encourage wildlife into you garden and create a sheltered habitat.

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