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Gardening
Tips
February
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Money
saving tip: Use old tights to secure
young trees to the stake.They are strong
and soft. Loosen or remove them before the
following autumn to prevent strangulation
of the bark. |
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| 2. |
Time
saving tip: Another tip for tights.
Use them to cover the end of the gutter
down pipe. This will prevent leaves and
debris getting into the rain water barrel.
It will only need to be cleaned out once
a year. |
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| 3. |
Stand
your seed potatoes in empty egg cartons
with the rose end (rounded end) up. There
are more ‘eyes’ at that end.
Give them plenty of light as they start
to grow. |
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| 4. |
When
soil conditions allow, dig leaf mould or
compost into the vegetable garden. Apply
lime at 4 ozs per square yard to area to
be used for growing brassicas. Don’t
apply lime to potato ground. |
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| 5. |
Large
flowering clematis which flower after June
and the viticella and orientalis species
are pruned now. Working up from the base
find the lowest, healthy, fat, pair of buds
on each stem and cut immediately above them.
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| 6. |
If
the ground is too wet for planting, heel
in bare root shrubs and trees to protect
them from frost and drying out. Use damp
sand or peat, making sure the roots are
in contact and there are no air pockets. |
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| 7. |
Keep
an eye on seeds sown indoors. As soon as
they germinate give them light but not direct
sunlight. Turn those containers which are
on window ledges every day to prevent the
seedlings growing at an angle towards the
light. |
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| 8. |
Protect
the base of trees and shrubs from rabbits
and hares. They will be hungry and will
soon strip the bark off a tree or branch
.Once they have circled the trunk the tree
will die. Remember that hares can reach
to about 3 ft when standing on their hind
legs. |
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| 9. |
Refirm
the soil round the roots of new plants.
Frost and wind can lift the plants out of
the ground. Firm with the foot and water.
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