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Timely advice for late April

Posted on April 29, 2010 | Leave a comment
  • If your tender half hardy perennials such as penstemon and lemon verbena have survived the winter, now is the time to cut them back
  • Sow maincrop peas and beetroot
  • Dead head naturalised bulbs to encourage good flowering in the future
  • Weed borders and apply a moisture retaining mulch
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Timely advice for February

Posted on February 26, 2010 | Leave a comment
  • In fine weather get on with clearing the borders and spread home made compost.
  • Keep an eye out for self-sown seedlings of favourite plants, dig them up carefully and pot them up to grow on to plant elsewhere in the garden or give away as presents.
  • When it isn’t frosty, mulch around the base of fruit trees with a good layer of compost or well-rotted manure.
  • Cut or buy hazel and birch pea sticks.
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