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things warm up. Even the worms are hiding in the base of the heap, where it's slightly warmer. Right now it's raining buckets so I shall stay inside, but as soon as the weather starts to clear I'll be out there wrapping my compost heap with fleece

, wrapped up the roots and transported it to its new location. It survived, despite the fact that I was so busy with the move that I didn’t manage to replant it immediately, as I should have done.For the first couple of years it did sulk rather, then started

to nourish them.AdamBoth the skimmia and the heuchera will be happy planted out into a shady spot in the garden in spring.Inspiration and jobs for winterCreating a winter display of dogwood, snowdrops and lilyturf.Winter-pruning wisteria.Wrapping bananas

it with bubble wrap or polystyrene before planting.More ideas for structural displaysAdd height to your borders with a home-made metal obelisk.Grow an ornamental Japanese acer in a pot.Combine height and colour with a container display of dogwood, snowdrops

. The Nandina domestica makes an an eye-catching centrepiece all year round, with attractive flowers and berries, and fantastic autumn colour.SummerAll year round40 minutesNandina domesticaHeuchera 'Bronxe Beauty'Dryopteris erythrosora x2Black cube planter

good variety, such as the cone-shaped 'Nordman' or citrus-scented Douglas fir. They're more expensive than the traditional Norway spruce, but they hold their needles well.Before you position and decorate your tree, take it out of its net wrapping

How to wrap a bananaProtecting tender plants for winterWatch Carol Klein's guide to growing cannas from seedPlanting a eucomis video project

though they are tiny compared to the spiders, each burst leaves 20 or 30 struggling in the webs and they are quickly wrapped up by the spiders to eat later. It does mean that we get quite a few of the flies coming indoors to pester the fruit bowl. I

for various clients. If you have not yet ordered then get your skates on as they are best bought at this time of year for winter planting. As were all plants until relatively recently - nurserymen dug up and split plants and then sent them out wrapped in paper

please take note. This is serious stuff, and I still feel sick when I think about it.At the weekend we'd been in a garden centre and, like it seems 99% of the population do, we'd bought some fat balls. 100 of them, to be precise, as they were on special