Install an insect hotel in your garden to provide a sheltered spot for wildlife to take cover for the cold winter months.
Putting out food and providing safe hibernating spots in the garden provides a lifeline for creatures like hedgehogs, ground beetles and frogs – they’ll reward your efforts by providing a built-in pest control service next year, as they eat vast numbers of slug and snail eggs plus aphids and other nasties.
It’s been an amazingly good tomato year what with the heat and sunshine for weeks on end – so if you’ve eaten your fill of fresh tomatoes but still have a massive glut left over, now is the time to squirrel your surplus away for winter supplies.
Houseplants respond well to a little extra care in mid to late summer, getting a new lease of life so they finish the summer at the peak of health and looking at their very best. Read our blog post to find out what you can do to ensure houseplant happiness this season...