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Dig
over the soil and keep collecting compost materials.
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Browse our Christmas
Gift Ideas. |
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Lime
can be applied to the ground if needed.
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Now is the time to plant Garlic
Bulbs |
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Apply
a mulch of manure to your borders.
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Use
a
garden shredder
to make
a mulch for next year. |
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Protect
non hardy plants from frost with cold
frames etc. |
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Link: Composting |
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Lift
celery, leeks and sprouts. |
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Remember
to pick sprouts from the bottom up and removing any dead or yellow
leaves.
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Collect
stakes and bean poles, wash & store for next year.
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Dig
over unused soil. Manure if necessary.
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Sow
broad beans for an early crop.
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Think
about next years
rotation. |
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Collect
dead roots for composting.
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Links: Vegetables
- Potatoes
- Mushrooms - Vegetable
Seeds |
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All
fruit trees can be planted about now.
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Mulch
young trees.
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Loganberries
can be pruned by cutting out dead wood.
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Apply
grease bands to trees when dormant.
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Prune
apple and pear trees.
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Check
all supports eg. stakes, ties, canes etc.
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Spray
peaches against peach leaf curl.
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Weed
strawberries.
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Links: Fruit
- Apples
- Strawberries |
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Rockery
seed can be sown in a seed bed.
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Biennials,
such as Sweet William or wallflowers can be planted in Spring
bedding.
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Divide
& replant Lily of the Valley.
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Remove
fallen leaves for composting from rockeries & borders.
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Protect
Delphinium crowns from slugs.
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Lift
Chrysanthemums and store in a
cold
frame. |
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Cut
down & divide Hollyhocks.
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Plant Tulips
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Continue
to dig rake & sow.
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Apply a
mulch of manure to your borders.
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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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Plant
Roses
in well prepared soil. |
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Prune
climbing roses & check supports.
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Take
cuttings of
Holly, Aucuba and laurels and put in cold frame.
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Sow
seeds of trees &
shrubs. |
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Hedges
can now be planted. |
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Links:
Conifers
- Japanese
Maples - Trees
- Magnolias
- Rhododendrons
- Plants |
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Palm
Trees - Hedging
- Topiary |
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Spike
& top dress with coarse sand.
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Prepare
a new lawn now by digging over.
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Continue
mowing if dry.
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Now is a good time to lay
turf
and
damaged areas can be repaired with
lawn
seed. |
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Links:
Lawns
- Lawn
Mowers |
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Clean
off all shading & wash down.
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Sow annual
seeds
for next year. |
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Feed
Auriculas & Primulas. |
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Prune
greenhouse shrubs.
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Take
cuttings of Coleus and fibrous rooted Begonias.
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Links:
Greenhouses
- Tomatoes
- Cucumbers |
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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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Winter moth |
| Description: Only the males are winged and have a typical moth appearance. The females are wingless, with much fatter bodies than the males, and resemble six-legged spiders. Males have a wingspan of 18-22mm. |
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Where to find them: They are active during November-mid January. Examine the trunks of fruit trees and other deciduous trees, such as oak, lime, hornbeam, sycamore and birch, where you should find males resting. If you are lucky you may also find the more elusive females. Like most moths, winter moth is active at night, so search for this insect by torchlight on mild evenings. Winter moth caterpillars feed during March-early June on the foliage of many deciduous trees and shrubs. |
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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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