David Domoney

Category: How To Guides

How to gardening guides, packed with 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.

  • Garden wildlife

    Garden wildlife

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    Tap into all of the natural goodness that garden wildlife has to offer. I will be speaking on the James Martin show to promote ways in which we can all get involved with supporting a well-balanced ecosystem to help the health of our gardens.

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    Wildlife you want

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    As Patron of the Hedgehog Preservation Society, I am keen to promote hedgehog awareness and looking after them is very close to my heart. But caring for our garden creatures is in our best interest too – they are great for the garden!

    It’s easy for you and the family to get involved with these creature-comfort gardening projects.

    The delicate ecosystem of your garden will help your flowers and foliage to flourish, so it’s a worthwhile cause to get stuck into.

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    Certain types of wildlife in your garden, like hedgehogs, will eat all those pesky slugs and snails, while birds will eat crickets, grasshoppers and beetles.

    The key to getting these visitors in, is to provide both shelter and food for them. Hedgehogs begin to emerge from hibernation as we head into March and, having lost their body weight over winter, they’ll be on the search for food.

    But, they’re not the only critters that are in need of our help, even some insects help to control the pests – so why not create materials that will attract them?

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    Over recent years, there has been a decline in the amount of insects in the garden. Bugs like pollinators are less healthy and abundant than they have been in the past and if this continues, this will cause problems in the garden since plants rely on insects to reproduce. And other bugs like ladybirds and lacewings will eat those little aphid pests that damage our hard work outside.

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    Build a bug hotel

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    Building a bug hotel is easy, you don’t need to be a DIY expert to create something suitable. You can use plenty of materials you already have lying around in a shed or garage, and there’s no sort of finesse about making an insect hotel, so it’s totally fine to be messy!

    You will need:

    • A framework or container – old wooden pallets, garden pots, tins, or wooden boxes work great
    • Assortment of fillings – twigs, wood chips, paper, leaves, cardboard and even bricks do the trick

    Don’t worry if you don’t have all of the above, you can still improvise with whatever you can find!

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    Framework and fill

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    Choose your framework first. This can be as simple as a used wine box or garden pot, but select your container size to fit in the space you have available.

    Hanging habitats are great space savers if you want to opt to keep your floor space free and will also make sure to keep insects away from predators too.

    Pick a spot which is sheltered and make sure that your habitat has the right entrance for the insect or mammal you are trying to attract. Insect homes can be situated almost anywhere and made up of materials you have to hand.

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    For a bug hotel, the epitome of insect paradise, you’ll need a larger container to house all the different materials for individual species.

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    Try to have different layers of different things based on the list below. For example, the bottom layer could include damp wood, bark and moss while the top is drier and filled with straw.

    Take a look at these materials and decide what you want to include:

    Sticks/twigs:

    Packing your insect hotel with sticks and twigs will attract ladybirds and lacewings.

    Wood/bark:

    Wood will entice bugs such as stag beetles, woodlice, spiders and centipedes.

    Straw/hay:

    Straw and hay attracts invertebrates such as ladybirds. They also like pine cones to lay their eggs in over winter.

    Leaves:

    Leaves will mimic a woodland floor so it attracts insects like butterflies, beetles and spiders.

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    Holes: General holes throughout the insect hotel will give solitary bees a place to shelter in. They like warmth so a sunny spot will give them what they need. Try placing bamboo, old canes, hollow plant stems in a plastic drainpipe or plastic pot placed between the pallets.

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    Log Pile

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    An alternative way of attracting insects is to create a log pile in your garden. It’s quite simple, you just stack lots of different sized logs on top of one another and then drive a stake into the ground either side to stop them rolling away. Check out my previous article about creating a log pile.

    There are certain species that absolutely love logs:

    • Moss
    • Fungi
    • Toads
    • Earwigs
    • Slow-worms
    • Wasps

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    So get outside and build a little (or big!) insect hotel for all the critters that visit your garden.

    Which insects do you cater for in your garden? Leave a comment in the box below!

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    For more on garden wildlife, check out my blog:

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  • How to grow your own onions

    How to grow your own onions

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    Onions are a hugely popular vegetable and have many uses in the kitchen. They are also an easy veg to grow and a great one for beginners. Onions grow best in an open, sunny site with plenty of space, but you can also plant them in deep containers.

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    No more tears

    Despite the painful weeping eyes when we cut into them, onions are incredibly good for your health, being packed full of nutrients that can help you live a healthier lifestyle. They are an excellent source of Vitamin C and minerals like potassium, sodium and iron. Onions also contain pectin, which can help to prevent colon cancer and the flavonoid quercetin, which has anti-inflammatory properties and can be used to treat arthritis.

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    Onion Sets

    Onions are usually grown from small, immature bulbs known as sets. You can also grow them from seeds. This method is cheaper, but the plants take longer to establish and can have varied results.

    Onions grow well on an open site on fertile, well-drained medium to light soil

    Plant Mar – Apr, Harvest Jul, Aug, Sep

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    Sowing

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    Prepare the ground by working the soil and use a rake to smooth it out.

    Do not plant onions in manured soil or the bulbs may rot. Plant sets 10cm apart in rows 30cm apart.

    Gently push the set into the soil so just the tip is showing. Firm the soil in around them.

    If growing onions from seed, sow outside in the soil 13mm deep in rows 20cm apart.

    Check out the Vegetable Planting Calendar for advice on when to sow.

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    Growing

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    Protect sets from the birds with netting.

    Onions grown from seed will need thinning out. This involves removing some seedlings to give plants plenty of space to develop strong growth.

    First remove any weak seedlings and then spread the remaining ones initially to 5cm apart, then later to 10cm apart.

    For both types of onion, keep the soil clear of weeds by hoeing or hand-pulling. This is important because onions are shallow-rooted.

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    Water the onions in dry conditions and feed occasionally with a general-purpose fertiliser. You may mulch to conserve moisture if your soil is dry.

    In June, feed lightly with a sulphate of potash fertiliser to help ripen the bulbs.

    Stop all watering and feeding once the onions have swollen and remove any mulch or mounds of soil to expose the bulb to sunlight.

    Remove any flower spikes as soon as you see them to prevent ‘bolting’ (running to seed).

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    Harvesting

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    Onions should be ready for harvesting from August to September, depending on when they were planted.

    The foliage will turn yellow and flop over when the onion is mature. Once this happens, leave the bulbs for two weeks.

    Choose a dry day and gently lift with a fork.

    If you wish to store the onions, it is very important to let them dry out completely. Spread out the bulbs on sacking or in trays, outside or indoors if it is wet and leave for 7 to 21 days, depending on their size.

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    Use or Store

    Any soft or spotted bulbs should be used in the kitchen as soon as possible, but the others may be stored. You can either hang them in nets or plait them together using the foliage.

    Store the bulbs in a cool, dry place with good light. In these conditions, they should keep for between three to six months. Check them often and remove any damaged or bruised onions.

    Did you know?

    Onions contain a chemical irritant that makes you cry when you cut them. Stop the tear-jerking by refrigerating onions before you cut them to reduce how much is released.

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    David’s Top Tip

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    Stop onions from ‘bolting’ (running to seed) by reducing the ‘stress’ the plant is under. Plants become stressed when conditions change dramatically, so keep well-watered in hot weather.

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    Why not try your hand at growing your own radish?

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  • How to grow your own carrots

    How to grow your own carrots

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    Carrots can be grown all year round and will give a good yield from a small area if you space them close together. Few vegetables can match its versatility in the kitchen. Plus, they’re a popular choice for the veg plot. Good varieties to grow are Jitka F1, Cascade F1 (Baby Chantenay) and Nantes 5.

    Carrots are packed full of healthy vitamins and minerals, including beta-carotene, an antioxidant that produces Vitamin A and is linked to improved lung health, cognitive ability, and can help to reduce macular degeneration. So, carrots really are an amazing vegetable that give you a healthy boost!

    They need deep, loose soil to grow long. So try short-rooted varieties if your ground is stony or heavy, or  you want to grow them in containers.

    Soil: Deep, rich and quite sandy Position: Sunny Location: Outside

    Sow: Feb Apr May Jun. Harvest: Jul Aug Sep Oct.

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    Sowing

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    Sow 1.5cm deep and 3 cm apart in rows 30cm apart.

    Sow thinly to avoid having to thin out later (the aroma of the crushed foliage when thinning out can attract the dreaded carrot fly).

    Seedling should begin to appear after 14-21 days.

    If you do need to thin, do so once the seedlings start to appear to a distance of 5-8cm apart.

    Destroy the thinnings by burning or burying them.

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    Growing

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    Keep weeds down in the early stages.

    Once carrots are established, their leafy tops will block out sunlight to annual weeds.

    They like the heat and will need little water.

    However, if the foliage starts to wilt, water thoroughly every 10-14 days to keep the ground damp.

    But beware overloading dry soil with too much water – it can cause the vegetables to split.

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    Harvesting

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    Carrots are generally ready to harvest 12-16 weeks after sowing.

    Pull the roots while they are still young, as larger roots tend not to have as much flavour.

    Pull up with your hands or use a fork if the soil is hard.

    To store carrots, lift and remove surface dirt.

    Cut the leaves to 1cm from the top and place in a box between layers of dry sand, so the carrots are not touching.

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    Did you know?

    Originally, carrots were purple! Orange carrots were introduced by patriotic Dutch farmers, as orange appeared on their national flag. Over time, these became the norm. You can still buy purple carrots, but they are orange on the inside.

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    Growing onions next to carrots can deter pests, but only while onions are in active growth. For this to work, plant around 4 rows of onions per row of carrots.

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