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Oil all
moving machinery parts like hedge cutters,
wheelbarrows & lawnmowers. |
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A cold frame
or
cloche
can provide an early start for edibles and a valuable winter protection for plants of
borderline hardiness. |
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Links: Composting
- Garden Machinery |
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Plant onion
sets & shallots.
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Sow
seeds for early carrots, parsley & parsnips.
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Plant out
Autumn sown lettuce.
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Draw up earth
to the hearts of young spring
cabbage.
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Cover the crowns
of rhubarb with buckets or forcing jars to help promote early pickings. Lift and divide congested clumps.
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Order seed
potatoes this month. |
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Check potato
sets for any signs of rotting, remove diseased tubers. |
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Links: Vegetables
- Potatoes
- Mushrooms - Vegetable
Seeds |
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Spray peaches
against peach leaf curl using 'Bordeaux Mixture'. |
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Prune outdoor
vines, blackcurrants,
gooseberries and raspberries.
Use your prunings as cuttings.
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Check all
tree stakes & ties.
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Links: Fruit
- Apples
- Strawberries |
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Summer flowering
clematis
can be pruned back hard. This will give rapid new growth during spring to carry flowers later in the year. |
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Order
your seeds
now. |
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Divide clumps
of perennials
that are too large.
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Plant primroses.
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Links:
Bedding
Plants & Annuals - Plants
- Flowers
that attract wildlife - Alpines |
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Hanging
Baskets - Roses
- Climbing
Plants - Fuchsias |
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Cut back the
flowers on winter
flowering shrubs (if
the flowers have died).
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Plant
evergreens such as ivies,
laurels etc.
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Prune dogwood,
they can be cut back hard down to ground level. This will encourage them to produce brightly coloured new shoots that will provide interest next winter.
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Top dress
older
shrubs with compost or mulch.
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Links:
Conifers
- Japanese
Maples - Trees
- Magnolias
- Rhododendrons
- Plants |
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Palm
Trees - Hedging
- Topiary |
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Fork,
brush & aerate frequently. Fill aerated holes with sharp
sand.
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Prepare
ground for new lawns by frequently raking to produce a fine tilth.
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Repair
lawn edges. Installing lawn
edging
will prevent further damage. |
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Lay new
turf. |
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Dress
the whole of the lawn with a sprinkling of sharp sand. |
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Links:
Lawns
- Lawn
Mowers |
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Take cuttings
of early chrysanthemums.
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Sow tomatoes
in heated greenhouse.
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Keep
seedlings up to the light to produce short healthy plants.
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Sow sweet
peas.
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Ventilate
greenhouse on mild days.
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Links:
Greenhouses
- Tomatoes
- Cucumbers |
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Remove
withered or dead leaves.
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As new growth
appears increase water supply (don't over do it).
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Take cuttings
of Regal Pelargonium.
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Links:
House
Plants - Orchids |
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Links:
Water
Gardening - Water
Features - Aquatic
Plants |
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Look
out for... |
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Springtails |
| Where to find them: In leaf litter and compost heaps. To find them, sift through some damp leaf litter and look for small globular or elongate insects that jump. Alternatively lay some damp white paper on top of a compost heap; 24 hours later there should be springtails on the underside. |
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Description: Springtails are a group of white, black or yellowish brown wingless insects about1-3mm long. |
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Interesting fact:
Springtails feed on decaying plant material and fungal growth. They can jump up to 10 times their own body length when disturbed. |
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Links:
Wildlife
- Birds - Frogs,
Toads & Newts - Hedgehogs |
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Flowers
that attract wildlife |
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Links:
Shows &
Events Calendar - Chelsea
Flower Show - Hampton
Court Flower Show |
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Tatton
Park Flower Show |
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