Top Tips for May
Posted by David on 28 May, 2010
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1. Watch out for late frosts. Protect tender plants
2. Earth up potatoes, and promptly plant any still remaining
3. Plant out summer bedding at the end of the month (except in cold areas)
4. Collect rainwater and investigate ways to recycle water for irrigation
5. Regularly hoe off weeds
6. Open greenhouse vents and doors on warm days
7. Mow lawns weekly
8. Check for nesting birds before clipping hedges
9. Lift and divide overcrowded clumps of daffodils and other spring-flowering bulbs
10. Watch out for viburnum beetle and lily beetle grubs
Noddy's Gardening Plot - May 2010
Posted by Noddy on 04 May, 2010
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Well would you believe it we have just come out of an official drought thanks to a rainfall of 0.5mm! Yes, when there has been no rainfall recorded for 15 consecutive days it is officially a drought here in sunny and warm Jersey.
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