Posted by Kelvin Fairweather on Tuesday, September 27, 2022,
- Collect fallen leaves for composting - but always wear gloves.
- Harvest parsnips and leeks.
- Keep on top of weeds.
- After harvesting, any bare earth should be covered with either cardboard, manure, compost or quick growing green manure (mustard seed) to prevent new weed growth and conserve nutrients.
- Old tomato stems and fruit can be added to the compost heap, even if they have been hit by blight as the blight pathogen can only exist on growing material and the pathogen will not carry over to the n...
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Posted by Kelvin Fairweather on Monday, May 2, 2022,
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- With it having been such a dry April, chances of lots of rain to come could mean the slugs and snails will appear in their masses. Now is the time to encourage hedgehogs, frogs, toads etc. Remember that slug and snail killer based on metaldehyde is now banned due to the effect on other wildlife.
- Time to sow dwarf and climbing French beans and runner beans, keeping a watch for frosts.
- Onions, shallots and leeks can be planted.
- Successional showings of salad crops can be made plus carrots and pea...
Posted by Kelvin Fairweather on Monday, March 7, 2022,
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- Prune shrub and climbing roses
- Prune buddleias hard back
- Prune cornus stems for colourful stems next winter
- Plant shallots, onion sets, leeks and early potatoes in the ground or containers provided the ground is not waterlogged or frozen.
- Sow various veg seeds outside; provided ground is in suitable condition.
- Sow hardy annuals in pots or modules sow sweet pea seed outside in flowering position.
- Plant out autumn sown sweet peas.
- Divide any clumps of snowdrops or winter aconites and hellebores.
- Propa...
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