David Domoney

Category: Get Growing

Growing, design, and care advice from David Domoney. David is a Chartered Horticulturalist with over 40 years of experience growing and caring for plants. David has also worked on UK national television for over 2 decades. As a garden designer, David has won over 30 RHS medals for his garden designs at leading UK gardening shows and events.

  • Winter garden workout at home

    Winter garden workout at home

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    Getting fit in the garden is a great way to incorporate physical activity into your routine, improve your garden and get some much-needed fresh air. In the current climate with a lockdown in the UK due to COVID-19, it’s more important than ever to stay active. So here are some ideas for a winter garden workout.

    Even without the restrictions of lockdown, it can be hard to find time to get to the gym or fit exercise into our daily routine. However, by incorporating activities which you enjoy with physical activity, you can get some cardio in and burn calories, stay strong and keep on with gross motor and fine motor skills.

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    Workout wonderland

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    Even through the winter months, your garden can be a place to create a winter wonderland of colour. But it’s also a place where you can get a good workout.

    Gardening is a truly fulfilling pursuit that will help to relax and de-stress you, whilst helping you to lose weight and gain strength. Also, if you’re growing fruit and veg in your garden, you can work these into your dishes to bring plenty of nutrition to your balanced diet. It’s a win-win!

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    Regular gardening can do wonders for your physical shape. In fact, three hours of gardening can compare to around an hour of intensive workout in the gym!

    According to nutritionists at Loughborough University, mowing, digging and planting for two to three hours can help burn off up to one pound a week.

    Just half an hour of weeding can burn up to 150 calories, and heavier tasks like hedge trimming can burn over 400 calories per hour.

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    Get fit gardening

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    From research by Harvard Medical School, here are the findings which show how many calories you can expect to burn in half an hour doing different garden tasks:

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    There are a huge variety of gardening jobs which do a great job at getting your body moving. To highlight the benefits of the garden activities, it helps to compare them to gym machines.

    Bear in mind that to make the most out of your exercise in the garden you’ll have to put some welly into each job to increase your heart rate.

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    Raking or rowing

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    This time of year, is the best time to rake the falling leaves that have found their way onto your lawn. Raking will work your entire upper body including your shoulders, back and pectoral muscles in your chest.

    Your legs will benefit too when you are picking up the debris and putting it into bags. Then use this to make leaf mulch which will help your garden further.

    This exercise gets the parts of your body to work similar to those worked by a rowing machine.

    Not only will you be helping your body but you’ll be helping your lawn. This is because leaving the autumn leaves to sit on the grass will damage the grass and even kill it as light cannot get to it.

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    Planting and pulling weeds

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    Pulling up weeds in your garden and planting pretty plants can get your blood flowing in your garden workout. These tasks focus on the shoulders and arm muscles, but your thighs and bottom will get a workout too because the squatting and up and down movements.

    It’s also dormant season which means it’s the best time to plant fruit bushes like raspberries, currants and blackberries. Doing this will give you a head-start on your growing, and it’ll give you a task to get planting.

    With regular attention, you can keep on top of weeds to ensure your garden looks spick and span, and to make sure they aren’t competing with your beautiful blooms for nutrients and moisture.

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    Swap for a shovel

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    Swap the weight bench for a shovel and get lifting.

    Autumn is a great time to improve your soil, and you can do this by digging, forking and mulching. These tasks will get your whole body moving, using more force than tasks such as raking or sweeping.

    Digging and forking your soil will loosen the area from any compaction that has occurred from use in the garden.

    Autumn and winter are good times for this, but it’s important to remember that heavy soils shouldn’t be dug when they are wet because the soil structure can be damaged which will have adverse effects and decrease levels of drainage and aeration.

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    Before getting into your garden for your home workout, it’s essential to have a good stretch to get your body warmed up. Take regular breaks, keep hydrated and you’ll be in good shape!

    Although we are in lockdown from COVID, you can still get fit in your garden. Digging, weeding and planting will bring exercise into your routine, get you outdoors for some fresh air and keep your garden looking glorious. So, get out and do a winter workout in your garden.

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    For more on the benefits of gardening, read this:

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  • How to protect container plants and pots from winter frost

    How to protect container plants and pots from winter frost

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    Plants love to grow in pots during summer, but they are exposed to the elements in winter. In the soil, roots are protected by the warmth of the earth. But in pots they are vulnerable to winter frost, snow and cold winds.

    Patio pots are also prone to waterlogging in times of heavy rain, which can kill plants. Sodden soil has all the air pushed out of it by the water, meaning roots can’t access any oxygen.

    As if that’s not enough, cold temperatures can also cause pots to flake and crack, damaging or killing the plant in the process.

    So, here is how to make sure all your container plants, and pots, survive the winter weather.

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    Move tender plants

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    Plants that are not winter hardy simply need moving to a frost-free location.

    A cool greenhouse, porch or conservatory is ideal. Large, established specimens can be placed in a sheltered spot against the wall of the house, which should be warmer.

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    Crackin’ containers

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    Damaged pots in winter cost you twice – once to replace the pot and again to replace the plant.

    There are two options for winter patio pots: frost-resistant, which is tough but may crack or flake in frost, and frost-proof, which should survive it. Generally, glazed ceramic pots survive the cold much better than unglazed terracotta.

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    But no pot will survive if the compost is waterlogged. Water expands when it freezes, meaning that wet compost will eventually crack the pot.

    Even if you choose frost-proof containers, do not allow the compost to become waterlogged.

    Protect pots from frost by moving them against the house, where the temperatures will be warmer. You can also wrap them in insulation or move them into an unheated greenhouse or shed when very cold temperatures are expected.

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    Winter waterlogging

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    Pot feet are brilliant inventions that lift pots up off the ground. This ensures that water can exit through the holes in the bottom and drain away.

    You can buy special pot feet or use small bricks. I often use old wine corks too. Lift all your pots up in autumn as the weather starts to turn.

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    You can also move pots to more sheltered spots. Placing them against a wall or under the eaves of the house will protect them from the worst downpours.

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    Warm up

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    You can wrap pots up to help keep the compost and plant roots warm. A couple of layers of bubble wrap is a great insulator.

    Or make ‘pot duvets’ from black plastic bags filled with straw or shredded paper. They look a bit odd but they will keep the soil warm.

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    Just make sure you don’t cover the compost surface with your insulation or your plants may rot. And make sure to remove any insulation when the weather warms up.

    Here is how to protect your winter garden border plants from frosty weather too!

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    For more garden planting ideas, check out my blog:

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    Or check out my Pinterest board for more ideas:

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  • Light up our streets NOW for the NHS this Christmas

    Light up our streets NOW for the NHS this Christmas

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    I’m urging Britain to light up our streets NOW for the NHS this Christmas to bring some festive cheer to the nation and celebrate our incredible keyworkers.

    Our incredible NHS workers have been working long shifts in their battle to keep us safe from Coronavirus and will be continuing to do so over winter. So, I’m encouraging Britons to put the cheer back into Christmas and brighten up our streets.

    This year let’s do it for the NHS, our emergency services, the delivery drivers, food retailers and all keyworkers to bring some light to their lives and our streets.

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    ‘Tis the season

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    COVID-19 has disrupted our lives in ways we never thought possible. From national lockdowns to furlough schemes, the impact of coronavirus on the nation’s wellbeing cannot be understated.

    Many of us have adapted to working from home, which does have its positives. But even with technology helping us to stay connected, the loss of human contact can be devastating.

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    However, there is still hope, as the festive season is known to bring joy to the world. Although this year has been difficult to predict what happens next, there’s one thing that’s for sure, and that is Christmas is coming.

    British Summer Time has ended and our daylight hours are getting shorter, leaving us with dark and cosy evenings. This means we are getting closer to the festive season and the joy it brings.

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    Festive feeling

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    Traditionally, many of us put up our Christmas lights at the end of November or start of December. However, this year, we’ve seen stories of people putting up their decorations early, in fact as early as October, to get a head start on the festive feeling!

    And what better way to light up our path to the festive season than by brightening up our streets and uplifting our neighbourhoods with lighting displays that spread joy?

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    Let’s show our support and gratitude this Christmas for the NHS and other keyworkers than to light up their journey home. Let’s transform our communities into merry beacons of light to spread hope and joy.

    Spruce up your doorway, windows and front gardens with displays that will add some festive cheer to your street and make our keyworkers smile.

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    Light up your life

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    I’ve always felt that Christmas is a beacon of hope that lights up the nation during the cold, dark winter months. And for NHS staff and keyworkers, how nice would it be to see their journey home brightly lit after a long shift? It’s this feeling that inspired me to create Illumination Street.

    Illumination Street gives people the opportunity to showcase their incredible efforts and encourage people outdoors.

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    The aim of the campaign is to inspire the British public to celebrate the Christmas spirit by creating spectacular displays.

    Last year we saw stunning displays which were a real testament to community spirit, and we have high hopes for this year because we have seen the power that communities have when they come together. We’ve previously seen community gardens transformed from growing havens to Santa’s grotto and front gardens turned into winter wonderlands.

    We have seen the country turn to their gardens for respite and solace this summer during lockdown, so why not continue that into the winter?

    Thanks to the generosity of the British Garden Centres group, I am able to award prizes to those stunning displays that lift our communities.

    Use your gardens to create a festive display of colour and light and be in with the chance of winning a share of £5,000 worth of British Garden Centres group gift vouchers. Illumination Street entries open on 1st November and close at midnight on 13th December.

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    So, let’s light up our streets for the NHS this Christmas to bring some joy to the nation and celebrate our amazing keyworkers.

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    For more info on Illumination Street, read this:

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