The Advertiser, Normandy
January 2011
Gardening Facts
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You can plant fruit trees on milder January days
Choose new fruit trees THE coldest month is often a quiet one in the garden, but there are plenty of ways to keep busy. Planting fruit trees can be done (avoiding days when there is heavy frost) and you can prune your existing apple and pear trees and others bearing seeded fruit, especially ones trained espalier-style up a flat surface such as a wall or fence (again, avoiding very frosty days). This is also a good time to fertilise your trees, with manure or compost and scatter ash, which gives nutrients to the roots. Brush trunks with a stiff brush to get rid of parasites and treat them with paraffin oil. Get rid of lichen, which is often infested with insects. January is also the ideal time for planting pansies, primulas (garden centres should be well stocked) and hardy perennials. If choosing a new fruit tree, make sure the variety is well suited to your soil and climate. This applies to the rootstock as well as to the actual fruiting species grafted on to it. Make sure you know what size it will end up as and whether or not it is self-fertilising. Many fruit trees need to receive pollen from a tree of another variety to be fertilised. Fruit trees come either in containers or with bare roots. Choose scions (a branch grafted on less than a year ago) or ones aged two or three years old (when there should be around four or five well formed branches). Choose a sunny, sheltered position and dig the hole two or three weeks beforehand. It should be as deep as it is wide and a third wider than the roots. Separate the topsoil (which should be put at the bottom of the hole). Cut the ends off the largest roots and soak the roots before planting with a bought solution called pralin or just water mixed with mud and compost. You can train it espalier-style up a south-facing wall. Otherwise, young trees need a support stake, pushed into the hole before planting. The place where the tree was grafted on to the rootstock should be at ground level. Plant the tree and fill the hole with soil mixed with manure. Shake the roots as you fill to avoid pockets of air. Attach the tree lightly to its stake and water well . This is also a good time to clean your gardening tools. Get rid of soil and use a metallic brush to remove rust. Rub them with a damp cloth, then oil with linseed oil or changed oil from your lawnmower. You should give wood handles a rub with a fine sandpaper and then treat them with linseed oil.
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€64,800
Orne, Flers Pretty house is located in a popular part of South Normandy. It is a traditional stone built property, situated on a good sized plot of some 3900m2. There is currently no water or electricity available. REF: XJK00028
Saint-Lô Lying near a small village, this terraced 2 bedroom house would make an ideal holiday bolt-hole. To the rear there's an attached outbuilding and small garden. REF: 13099 MH
€80,800
€92,880
St Martin de Bonfosse This charming property is located very close to the sea and is set in 1000sqm of land. It comprises a fitted kitchen, a 32sqm living room and 2 bedrooms.
Saint-Lô House to be renewed including: lounge, room to be renewed. 1st floor: 2 bedrooms. Adjacent dependences. 5 800m2 of land.
REF: 33359
REF: 13007sdd
€101,650
€128,400
Orne, Bagnoles de l'Orne This lovely renovated hamlet house is set in 500m2 of garden. The property offers a kitchen diner, a living room, 2 bedrooms and a bathroom.
Saint-Lô 2 bedroom house with an attic that could convert and dependences on ground of 1015m . Construction stone and mass. Cover slates.
REF: 32367
REF: 12551sjp
€134,000
€143,100
Manche, Chavoy Detached stone and slate property(97m2), situated in a hamlet in a peaceful setting, not tto far from a town with shops, with a garden area of 1 500m2. REF: CHAVOYMA266A
Domfront Colombage country house built 1840 recently renovated to high standard. Garden 858m with lovely countryside views. Veranda and heated swimming pool. REF: DOM1190
€169,600
€212,000
Pontorson, St James Lovely 4 Bedroomed Stone House in quiet hamlet yet close to the Normandy and Brittany Coasts and the Mont St Michel with easy access to coastal ports and Dinard airport. REF: 13009POJD
Manche, TORIGNY SUR VIRE This 3 bedroom stone house is set in 0.7 acres of landscaped gardens and comes with 2 stone barns and a garage. Full of authentic charm and character. REF: 22290
€233,200
€266,000
Manche, Orval Large renovated house, with lake and barns. This lovely property offers lots of potential. The house is 99.9% finished with just a few small jobs to keep the DIYers happy. REF: FP-17392KD50
Manche, Villedieu-Les-Poeles 5 bedroom house set in 1.38 acres of land. Garden shed -old bake house - adjoining garages.
€328,600
€446,250
Villedieu-les-Poêles 4 bedroom stone house with attic, attached barn/garage and a small stone outbuilding. To the rear, 5 stables and wood store. Sits in over 10 acres of flat land with a small wood and a stream. REF: 13136 MH
Bayeux A classical French ‘Corps de Ferme’ with stone farmhouse and outbuildings under slate roofs, thought to date back to 17th Century. Truly rural, but not remote. Set in 28.300m2. REF: DOM1189
REF: MKL00549
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