Tuesday, August 16, 2011

What to do this week; GARDENING


[bar] As the displays in most rock gardens are past their peak, plant fill-in bedding to add colour to the scene. Trailing plants can look particularly effective.


The couple have a daughter, Rachael, 17, and a son, Gareth, 20, who is in the army. Karen's mum is a keen gardener and has passed on her green-fingered skills.* PRIZEWINNERS: Above left, back row, from left Michelle Lewis, head of communications at Yorkshire Water, Nigel Pulling, chief executive of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society and Paul Mashinter, deputy headteacher of Carr Green Primary School, with front row, the award winning pupils from Carr Green Primary School with their certificates and prizes. Picture, above right, the youngsters at work in the school's Brighouse garden (S)Order new lily bulbs. [bar] Feed pelargoniums grown in tubs, window boxes and hanging baskets regularly with a liquid tomato feed.Fill in the space of harvested early summer crops such as broad beans and shallots with follow-on crops such as endives or cabbages.Paul Mashinter, deputy head at Carr Green, said: "This award recognises the huge step we have made in outdoor learning in a very short space of time. The children, staff, parents and grandparents work extremely hard to use the fabulous space and facilities."

Fill in the space of harvested early summer crops such as broad beans and shallots with follow-on crops such as endives or cabbages.




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