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the date when the first frost arrived last year - but I’m not, so I have absolutely no idea. Sorry. Anyway, things to do now the frost has finally arrived…First, this is the time to dig up dahlia tubers and bring them in for the winter. The foliage will now

'glove question'. My reflections are prompted by having such cold fingers that I've had to dig out my fingerless Scrooge gloves in order to make typing easier.On one side of the glove debate is the very sensible Rachel de Thame argument that if doing

I was a contractor) I operate a policy of minimal digging. I will dig out weeds but I will not dig in manure. I prefer to let the worms and time do it for me. Provided the muck is well enough rotted then everything will benefit. I try not to bury

over the past decade. If you have a severe outbreak then, later in the year when the leaves appear, it would be sensible to use a glyphosate weedkiller otherwise the digging may become soul destroying (to avoid killing neighbouring plants then try

When I was a contractor fossicking around London laying slabs, building walls and digging holes we usually had a radio. Most of the time this played Radio 4 as it is the perfect way to distract the mind from occasionally very tedious and rather

relevance to my everyday gardening but I enjoy having them anyway. In this list I include old books like Gardening For Ladies which was published in 1851. It includes some wonderful stuff: for example in the chapter on Digging (Stirring the Soil

) digging interspersed with frequent short fag breaks. The film of the process can be viewed here.They then planted a whole load of stuff. Mostly without following any of the instructions, but who among us can say that we have always adhered religiously

. Prune back any damaged roots, dig a decent hole and add some good compost.I will not be ordering either this (which I have christened Rosa 'Euggghh') or this (which I now call R. 'Letitia Dean on Strictly Come Dancing' - because it is too pink

to the ten most venomous snakes in the world then gardening can get a bit hazardous.Rabbits (No. 8) can do a lot of damage but at least they only run, jump and dig - chipmunks can also climb so are even trickier to keep out. They may score highly

by training a young tree for many, many years. Actually it is simpler to dig up a larger tree and slowly reduce its size, sculpting its branches until it's roots fit into a shallow dish. The most remarkable story I heard (though I'm sure there are many others