Squire's Garden Centres

What Do Wild Birds Like to Eat?

If you’re thinking about helping birds in winter, or attracting more to your garden generally, then it’s important to know that different bird species have different dietary needs, so it’s useful to know what kinds of birds are to be found locally so you can plan accordingly. Location and species are probably the two most […]

Chitting Potatoes

Chitting your seed potatoes means encouraging them to sprout shoots prior to planting. While not a crucial task, chitting certainly helps a lot when it comes to successful potato cropping generally, and in producing an earlier crop too, whether it’s at home in the garden or in an allotment. While potatoes do well in the […]

How to Protect Plants from Frost

As the colder winter weather sets in, our gardens experience regular frosts. However, some frosts hit harder and last longer than others, sometimes completely unexpected too. At times, these hard frosts can damage even the most robust and hardy of our plants. Many plants do try and protect themselves of course; they wouldn’t have survived […]