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and cleaned properly for the first time in months, good strong netting is folded and tied up with string and sturdy canes are neatly stood up in a drainpipe in the corner. Now all I need to do is replace the Jaffa cakes with something a bit more wholesome

squashed.I’ve developed a very cost-efficient system of protecting the young daffs from destruction. I take a handful of bamboo canes and some bright orange baler twine. I drive the short bamboo canes into the edges of the drive and tie the twine

to glide effortlessly along. But if you pick them up they tie themselves in knots. Literally. They curl into a rough ball, looping their curls together into a living clove hitch.Any gardener should always be pleased to find centipedes. Since

dramatic example I saw was in Hong Kong where it was used as scaffolding around towering skyscrapers. It seems extraordinary that something as seemingly flimsy can be tied together with string to make something that will support the weight of people

Christmas tree branches (cut from the base while preparing the tree for outdoors)Greenery, stems and seed heads (gathered from the garden)Garden twineFishing line20 white battery operated LED lightsGather your bunch of greenery together and tie tightly

beds weekly Around the gardenTie in shoots of clematis and climbers to supportsPlant out chrysanthemums for autumn flowersPrune overgrown Clematis montana after floweringFlowersHang pheromone traps in fruit trees to control pestsThin out congested fruit

signs of diseases Apply a combined weed, feed and mosskiller to your lawnAround the gardenRemove suckers the stems of standard rosesTie tall border plants like delphiniums to their supportsFinish planting out dahlias, cannas and summer bedding

, then pack the pot with your warm fat mixture.Place in the fridge overnight to set, then cut through and peel away the pot. Tie a big knot at one end of the twine to secure the cake.Hang the cake in a tree or shrub and wait for the birds to come and feast

areas of the garden on a daily basis. A metal-tined rake is too harsh to use that often, particularly on grass.For whisking large leaves away from delicate plants, use a besom, or witch's broom, made from a bundle of twigs tied to a handle.A leaf blower

to plantall year roundan afternoonCut a piece of string to the length you would like your cone to be, and tie the pen to one end. Stretch the string from one corner of the metal and draw an arc from one edge to the other.Cut along the line using the metal