KLR Gardening Monthly Newsletter Welcome to this edition of the monthly newsletter from KLR Gardening! 🌱 From Kirsty September seems to have flown by! Although rainfall has been on the low side, the damper mornings have been providing some much-needed moisture for lawns and other plants in the garden. A big highlight for me this… Continue reading September Round-Up 🌿
Welcome to the new monthly newsletter from KLR Gardening. 🌱 From Kirsty August, like July, has been challenging again for the garden. With most of the month having very little rain, at least the last weekend brought around 7cm of rainfall in total across the Bank Holiday weekend. I have used the drought period to… Continue reading August Round Up
Right plant, right place. On my birthday this year, in July, I visited and spent the day at Beth Chatto gardens. It is situated on the outskirts of Colchester, in Elmstead. The gardens are informal, and when visiting this may surprise you as there are a team of gardens and it does look quite formal.… Continue reading Beth Chatto Garden Visit
Hanging baskets – and a new service
My trusty lawn mower (the petrol one) I noticed started having a few small rust spots, on the top of the deck and underneath. Now, I could have quite easily thrown it away and bought myself a fresh new mower. However, Horticulture is about sustainability and is it not very sustainable throwing away. Perfectly good… Continue reading A new lawn mower??
I always the end the week by cleaning and maintaining my tools. It’s a simple thing that’s has a massive impact in the garden. I say this because I travel from garden to garden – if it’s your own tools in your own garden, best practice is to clean them after use, but it’s not… Continue reading Maintaining Clean Tools Ensures High Biosecurity
Wow! What a start to 2026 – it’s been 53 days since the start of the year and 53 days of rain! I think this is a new record. At the start of 2026, I decided to have some time off to recharge my batteries, as well as all my tool batteries. I was hoping… Continue reading Welcome to 2026!
Should I keep cutting the grass even if it’s wet? The correct answer is “No” Let’s be more practical and get into this in a bit more detail. Global warming has created warmer and wetter autumn and winter seasons. Yesteryear would see the lawn mower would be put into hibernation around October and not be… Continue reading Cutting grass in Autumn
No mow May has been gathering more interest over recent years. The concept is quite simple; do not mow your grass for the whole of May. It seems harmless enough right? I’m very much in favour in wild flower meadows, wild areas of the garden and planting pollinators, but I can say I’m not invested… Continue reading Why I’m not a fan of no mow may.
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