AG gardening editor Kris Collins, shows you how to get your flower garden underway
Fill cell trays with sieved seed and cutting compost. Don’t compact the compost by pressing down, but do tap the tray to knock out trapped air.
Water the trays with a fine-rose watering can until you see water escaping from the drainage holes. Allow to drain fully…
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Plant begonia tubers now ready to early cuttings in spring, says AG garden writer Michelle
Fill a seed tray with light, sandy, loam-based compost. Or mix horticultural sand with multi-purpose compost. Adding leaf mould to the mixture will give the tubers perfect growing conditions.
Space the tubers in the tray, hollow-side up, about 2in (5cm) apart so they are not touching each…
I’m in my garden whenever I can manage it, but I have to admit that even I struggled to get out there this week. There was no snow, but the soil was rock-hard and frozen so no digging action for me!
Because of this I took advantage of my greenhouse and managed a bit of sowing, mostly chilies (with a few…
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Barka Parka was created because Lucas, our Labrador, needed a bed he approved of!!
The bean bed we made for him 35 years ago is still used every day by7 one or other of his successors.
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