Spring cleaning. The work really hots up now... If you’ve not carried out a big spring clean then get to it now!
Jobs for Late Spring
* Pressure wash all the winter’s grime from the patio and cut back the remains of last year’s perennials and grasses.
* You can carry on planting shrubs and trees but stick to container grown plants.
* New herbs will be in the nurseries from April so make sure you get in early to get the widest choice of varieties. Try a new variety such as purple basil to impress your diner party guests. Start sowing this and coriander indoors on a warm window sill and cut back perennials such as sage to get bushy growth this year.
* Start feeding the borders and give the remains of your bulbs a feed to help store up energy for next year. Don’t tie up or cut down leaves yet until they have enough energy in the bulbs for next year.
* Plant perennials outside and start sowing annuals, hardy annuals and biennials inside. The easiest way to a fabulous summer border on a budget is to use hardy annual seeds planted directly into the bed, you can start in late April when the soil has warmed up
* And don’t forget to start mowing the lawn!
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By Andrew Fisher Tomlin
22/04/2008
All dried out
You won’t have missed the fact that since February our gardens have been the battleground in the fight for sustainable resources. Apparently there’s a water shortage because we’ve been watering the garden too much. OK, that’s not quite true - we’re going to have a widespread hosepipe ban because reservoirs and aquifers are low. But really, if you listened to the water companies you’d think it really is all about the foolish and wasteful use of water by gardeners in a time when climate change is causing havoc on our weather.
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