Gardening Round-up: Getting your garden ready for 2018

Can you believe it’s the end of 2017 already? The weather has certainly been playing havoc with my plants this year, I still have Chillies growing in the greenhouse, which adds a bit of colour on the dark dreary days. We have had lots of gardening posts submitted this month, which is wonderful.

Fashion Mommy provides us with 8 gardening hacks with everyday household items, Expert Home Tips tells us 14 easy and cheap ideas that will transform a garden and I provide you with Vegetable Tips for beginners

Boo Roo and Tigger Too lets us know how to get the garden ready for winter and also how your neighbours will be green with envy looking at your new garden, talking of envy, I am certainly envious of Mummy Matters Adults Only garden lodge!

If the children are showing an interest in gardening, check out Ready Freddie Go’s post on introducing children to gardening, or Jaki Jellz Growing Trees with Children, Captain Bobcat tells us 5 benefits of introducing children to gardening. Mumof 2.5 recommends The Garden of the Year book and Teddys Bears and Cardigans tells us how to grow paper white daffodils

Thinking ahead to it getting warmer Fashion Mommy gives us advice on preparing the garden for Spring. The Homemakers Journal tells us how to build a Square Foot Garden and 3 must know vegetable gardening tips. Check out Home Family Life’s large garden renovation plans. Motherhood Diaries gives us ideas on how to revamp the garden for spring

If, like me you love your greenhouse, check out Sophie and Lily’s Trestle Staging Review or if you live in the countryside and have farmers as your friends, you may want to consider Midwife and Life’s Garden Hamper for Farmers or Hot Pink Wellingtons Boxwild Gift Set.

Chilling with Lucas tells us How to Plant the perfect tree for your garden and how to make your garden wildlife friendly for the winter

Growing Family gives us tips on How to protect tender plants, add interest to a winter garden and how to make a bird bath. Kids of The Wild tells us how to plant a Wildflower Wheelbarrow  and Holey Herbal Wellies.

If you have any gardening posts you would like included next month don’t forget to tweet the links to @hexmumplus1.