Facebook Instagram Linkedin Pinterest
  • Gardening jobs
    • January gardening jobs
    • February gardening jobs
    • March gardening jobs
    • April gardening jobs
    • May gardening jobs
    • June gardening jobs
    • July gardening jobs
    • August gardening jobs
    • September gardening jobs
    • October gardening jobs
    • November gardening jobs
    • December gardening jobs
  • Garden design ideas
    • Bee-friendly gardens – encouraging pollinators
    • Children’s gardens
    • Plants suitable for gardens at the coast
    • Getting rid of concrete and lawns in your garden
    • Planting a hedge for wildlife
    • Ponds for wildlife
    • Hard landscaping – planning a project
    • Tall plants – use your vertical space
  • Right plant, right place
    • Annuals and biennials
      • Growing biennials from seed
      • Foxgloves – native wildflower to Chelsea champ
      • Half-hardy annuals – growing them from seed
      • Growing hardy annuals from seed for beginners
      • Growing sweet peas from seed
    • Perennial plants
      • Alpines
      • Big-leaved plants
      • Hardy euphorbia – a growing guide
      • Grasses and Phormiums
      • Ground cover plants
      • Herbaceous perennials
      • Hostas
      • How to grow lilies
      • Plants for shade
      • Plants poisonous to pets
    • Shrubs, trees, and climbers
      • Deciduous shrubs
      • Evergreen shrubs
      • Hardy climbers
      • How to grow roses
      • Small trees
      • Colourful stems and bark
    • Seasonal plants for year-round interest
      • Autumn plants
      • Scented plants for year-round fragrance
      • Spring bulbs
      • Winter plants
  • Growing fruit and vegetables
    • Fruit
      • Growing apples and pears
      • How to grow apricots
      • How to grow blackcurrants
      • Bramble fruits
      • Fruit tree problems
      • Gooseberries
      • Plums
      • How to grow strawberries
      • Raspberries
      • Rhubarb
    • Vegetables
      • Beetroot
      • Brassicas
      • Broad beans and French beans
      • Carrots and carrot root fly
      • Best courgettes for poor summers
      • Culinary herbs
      • How to grow garlic
      • Onions – seed or set?
      • Growing potatoes in bags
      • Runner beans
      • Salad crops
      • Squashes and patty pans
      • Unusual alliums
      • Sowing vegetables and crop rotation
  • Seeds and cuttings
    • How to take cuttings
    • Easy perennials from seed
    • Grow lights for earlier crops
    • Growing plants from seed
  • Tender plants
    • Ornamental tropical and subtropical plants
      • Growing bananas for foliage
      • Cacti and succulents – a growing guide
      • Cannas
      • Tender climbers
      • Pelargoniums or zonal geraniums
      • Grow houseplants for health
    • Growing tender edible plants
      • Cucamelons
      • Growing figs in the UK – are they hardy?
      • Growing peppers and chillies
      • Growing tomatoes under glass
      • Greenhouse cleaning
      • Overwintering tender perennials
  • Garden problems: pests and diseases
    • How to get rid of ants
    • Animal pests in the garden – cats, dogs, pigeons
    • Aphids
    • Cold protection
    • Flooding and waterlogging in your garden
    • Fungus gnats
    • Grey mould
    • Powdery mildew and downy mildew: what’s the difference?
    • Red lily beetles
    • Slugs and snails – protecting your plants
    • Storm protection
    • Vine weevils
  • Gardening useful information
    • How to make compost
    • Plant folklore and companion planting
    • Soil testing to find out what you can grow
    • Useful links for seeds and plants
    • Useful links for gardening, art and sundries
Search
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
  • Contact details
Facebook Instagram Linkedin Pinterest
MandyCanUDigIt MandyCanUDigIt
MandyCanUDigIt
  • Gardening jobs
    • January gardening jobs
    • February gardening jobs
    • March gardening jobs
    • April gardening jobs
    • May gardening jobs
    • June gardening jobs
    • July gardening jobs
    • August gardening jobs
    • September gardening jobs
    • October gardening jobs
    • November gardening jobs
    • December gardening jobs
  • Garden design ideas
    • Bee-friendly gardens – encouraging pollinators
    • Children’s gardens
    • Plants suitable for gardens at the coast
    • Getting rid of concrete and lawns in your garden
    • Planting a hedge for wildlife
    • Ponds for wildlife
    • Hard landscaping – planning a project
    • Tall plants – use your vertical space
  • Right plant, right place
    • Annuals and biennials
      • Growing biennials from seed
      • Foxgloves – native wildflower to Chelsea champ
      • Half-hardy annuals – growing them from seed
      • Growing hardy annuals from seed for beginners
      • Growing sweet peas from seed
    • Perennial plants
      • Alpines
      • Big-leaved plants
      • Hardy euphorbia – a growing guide
      • Grasses and Phormiums
      • Ground cover plants
      • Herbaceous perennials
      • Hostas
      • How to grow lilies
      • Plants for shade
      • Plants poisonous to pets
    • Shrubs, trees, and climbers
      • Deciduous shrubs
      • Evergreen shrubs
      • Hardy climbers
      • How to grow roses
      • Small trees
      • Colourful stems and bark
    • Seasonal plants for year-round interest
      • Autumn plants
      • Scented plants for year-round fragrance
      • Spring bulbs
      • Winter plants
  • Growing fruit and vegetables
    • Fruit
      • Growing apples and pears
      • How to grow apricots
      • How to grow blackcurrants
      • Bramble fruits
      • Fruit tree problems
      • Gooseberries
      • Plums
      • How to grow strawberries
      • Raspberries
      • Rhubarb
    • Vegetables
      • Beetroot
      • Brassicas
      • Broad beans and French beans
      • Carrots and carrot root fly
      • Best courgettes for poor summers
      • Culinary herbs
      • How to grow garlic
      • Onions – seed or set?
      • Growing potatoes in bags
      • Runner beans
      • Salad crops
      • Squashes and patty pans
      • Unusual alliums
      • Sowing vegetables and crop rotation
  • Seeds and cuttings
    • How to take cuttings
    • Easy perennials from seed
    • Grow lights for earlier crops
    • Growing plants from seed
  • Tender plants
    • Ornamental tropical and subtropical plants
      • Growing bananas for foliage
      • Cacti and succulents – a growing guide
      • Cannas
      • Tender climbers
      • Pelargoniums or zonal geraniums
      • Grow houseplants for health
    • Growing tender edible plants
      • Cucamelons
      • Growing figs in the UK – are they hardy?
      • Growing peppers and chillies
      • Growing tomatoes under glass
      • Greenhouse cleaning
      • Overwintering tender perennials
  • Garden problems: pests and diseases
    • How to get rid of ants
    • Animal pests in the garden – cats, dogs, pigeons
    • Aphids
    • Cold protection
    • Flooding and waterlogging in your garden
    • Fungus gnats
    • Grey mould
    • Powdery mildew and downy mildew: what’s the difference?
    • Red lily beetles
    • Slugs and snails – protecting your plants
    • Storm protection
    • Vine weevils
  • Gardening useful information
    • How to make compost
    • Plant folklore and companion planting
    • Soil testing to find out what you can grow
    • Useful links for seeds and plants
    • Useful links for gardening, art and sundries
Home Winter gardening

Winter gardening

  • Autumn and Halloween
  • Balcony gardens and container gardening
  • Christmas
  • Comment
  • Competitions and offers
  • Environment and health
  • Featured plant
  • Flower seeds
  • Fruit
  • Gardening for beginners
  • Gardening for the less able
  • Gardening jobs
  • Gardening news
  • Gardening products and reviews
  • Gardening techniques
  • Horticultural shows
  • Miscellaneous
  • My garden
  • Pests and diseases
  • Places to visit
  • Recipes
  • Sponsored posts and pages
  • TV programmes
  • Vegetables
  • Videos
  • Winter gardening
    Latest
    • Latest
    • Featured posts
    • Most popular
    • 7 days popular
    • By review score
    • Random

    Enjoy winter gardening – plants of the season and jobs you need to do from the beginning of December to the end of February.

    Winter gardening jobs

    Large tasks like renovating hedges of severe pruning can be tackled now. Try moving mature plants if the weather’s kind.

    Revamping a small front garden

    Revamping a small front garden on a budget

    Mandy Watson - 29th April 2026
    0
    Iris reticulata Alida

    Iris reticulata Alida – February plant of the month

    Mandy Watson - 17th February 2026
    0
    Clematis Freckles

    Clematis Freckles – January’s plant of the month

    Mandy Watson - 12th January 2026
    0
    Early winter garden tidy-up - the key jobs

    Early winter garden tidy-up – the key jobs

    Mandy Watson - 1st December 2025
    0
    Hardy palms

    Hardy palms for UK gardens

    Mandy Watson - 7th July 2025
    0
    Can bananas survive outdoors over winter?
    Winter gardening

    Can bananas survive outdoors over winter?

    Mandy Watson - 25th June 2025 0
    Woolch natural garden mulch
    Winter gardening

    Woolch natural garden mulch from Grazers

    Mandy Watson - 11th June 2024 0
    Plants that survive in wet winters
    Winter gardening

    Plants that survive in wet winters

    Mandy Watson - 29th April 2024 0
    Gardening in warmer wetter winters
    Winter gardening

    Gardening in warmer wetter winters – top tips to save plants

    Mandy Watson - 29th January 2024 0
    Midwinter gardening
    Winter gardening

    Midwinter gardening – catching up on overwintering!

    Mandy Watson - 19th December 2023 0
    Storing apples in winter
    Winter gardening

    Storing apples and pears in winter

    Mandy Watson - 27th September 2023 0
    123...8Page 1 of 8
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEOlp6MdgoQ
    Top posts today
    • Home
    • Amaryllis disease: red blotch
    • How to plant an Acer tree in the ground
    • Evergreen shrubs
    • Roses for semi-shade - the top 5 choices
    YouTube
    https://youtu.be/cL-HB7fucUk
    Categories

    Select what appeals to you

    Archives

    My back catalogue…

    Subscribe to MandyCanUDigIt

    Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email.

    www.MandyCanUDigIt.com
    Mandy Watson is a freelance gardening writer from NE England and a Garden Media Guild member. My aim: to make gardening accessible to the often excluded - the less able, the hard-up or beginners. An advocate of gardening for better mental and physical health.
    Contact us: [email protected]
    Facebook Instagram Linkedin Pinterest
    Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.

    To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

    RECIPES, GLUTS

    Banana cakes
    Recipes

    Banana cakes to use up ripe fruit

    Mandy Watson - 16th March 2016 0
    No-waste recipes - don't throw out overripe bananas!My bananas are highly unlikely to fruit, but these recipes for banana cakes have saved me so...

    POPULAR CATEGORIES

    • My garden157
    • Gardening for beginners130
    • Featured plant90
    • Balcony gardens and container gardening77
    • Environment and health67
    • Gardening techniques63
    • Gardening products and reviews57
    • Winter gardening48
    • Gardening news46
    • Vegetables45
    • Autumn and Halloween42
    • Recipes38
    • Gardening for the less able38
    © DigIt Media 2025