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In these days when bonfires are either banned or unneighbourly, here is a way of turning your garden prunings of small branches and twigs into a useful garden mulch.
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En ces jours où les feux de joie du jardin sont interdits pour le plupart de gens, voici un moyen de transformer votre taille de jardin de petites branches et de brindilles en un paillis de jardin utile.
Bouture du buddleia en vert
Au printemps, les buddleias (arbres aux papillons) ont une croissance rapide, il est donc temps de faire des boutures de bois tendre – les boutures en vert – de vos couleurs préférées.
Buddleia softwood cuttings
In Spring buddleias (butterfly bushes) put on rapid growth so now is the time to take softwood cuttings of your favourite colours.
Taking fuchsia cuttings
Many of the plants you may have stored in the greenhouse or conservatory over winter will have started putting on new growth. Now is the time to take cuttings to provide new plants for your pots, planters or beds for the summer.
Prendre des boutures de fuchsia
Bon nombre des plantes que vous avez peut-être stockées dans la serre ou la véranda pendant l’hiver auront commencé à repousser. Il est maintenant temps de prendre des boutures pour fournir de nouvelles plantes pour vos pots, jardinières ou plates-bandes pour l’été.
English version further down the page … Propagation des Dianthus ou œillets de jardin Bien qu’il soit impossible de travailler dehors dans le jardin, il y a des choses que peut-être vous aimeriez essayer de préparer pour cette année. Il est assez facile de faire de nouvelles plantes de la famille Dianthus et œillets de […]
Version en français en bas de la page … If you use a water-filter jug instead of buying bottled water, do you worry about throwing away the used filters? This handy hint shows you how to recycle their contents. The filter material, which is a mixture of sand and charcoal, when mixed with any commercial […]
Voir la version en français en bas de la page … With our changing climatic conditions planting trees and shrubs is going to become even more important for the environment, so if you have the space in your garden, find some suitable trees for your area and soil conditions. To encourage and support wildlife it’s […]
Version en français en bas de la page … It is possible to successfully keep geraniums over the winter. The somewhat contradictory aims are to keep the plants dry, but not too dry and to put them into hibernation whilst keeping them alive. First, lift them carefully from the pot or planter and remove as […]
Version en français en bas de la page … As we are having drier summers it is becoming more and more useful to mulch borders and beds. Mulch was traditionally used to reduce the need for weeding but now with increased summer temperatures, conserving moisture and reducing watering is a prime concern for many gardeners. […]
Importance of compost In an organic garden making compost is an essential means of maintaining soil fertility and avoiding waste. It is different to leafmould but just as important. Most garden waste e.g. weeds, light prunings, grass and lawn mowings etc can be composted. There are, however, some exceptions and I do not recommend that […]
