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Paul Travis-Anderson with guests at Ovingham village hall. What more could we ask for? A perfect summer’s evening, a charming village hall and a great audience to launch our first euvue North East Gardener Road Show. I certainly learnt a few things about gardening from Paul – not to buy
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The purple elder Stunning foliage, architectural attributes and best of all another helping hand for the gardeners’ friends. Sambucus nigra ‘Guincho Purple’ (The purple elder) This is a real gem, a must have in any garden. The lavish, rich and luxurious foliage with its fabulous, distinctive deep purple to
[...click on headline to read full story] [...click on headline to read full story] The lawn will be growing quickly now and you should be cutting at least twice a week to maintain a compact tidy lawn which will also help with weed control. In hot dry weather you should raise the height of cut on your lawn mower to avoid the grass being scorched and discoloured, although still continue mowing twice weekly. It is very important that you feed your lawn again in July to keep it looking green, lush and healthy. I would recommend the use of an all in one fertiliser, weedkiller and moss killer, which is available at all good garden centres. The grass will green up and promote strong healthy root growth, which can make the grass more resilient to pest and disease attacks and will also help in hot dry spells. Some weeds such as ‘Creeping Birds Foot’ are more resistant and you may need to apply a second application of selective weed killer such as ‘Verdone’ to eradicate them. Continue reading Summer lawn maintenance, problems, pests and recommendations. 
Common Pipistrelle bat – Photo courtesy Wikipedia under creative commons licence. Over the last few decades bat numbers have declined, which has been due to the loss of habitat, particularly roosting sites, and the excessive use of pesticides. Bats play a very important
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