Spring into the Garden that early cutting back and pruning of the hydrangeas has not left them grumpy with frost damage and they are all covered with promising buds. Keep an eye on local providers of bedding plants and particularly veggie options as they sell fast and are a better choice for smaller gardens if you only want half a dozen of something rather than growing from seed and ending up with 500! Perhaps after April has passed, we can all relax a little with regard to what weather might come our way; when small plants are better established, they can stand up to unexpected variations on the theme of rain, wind and snow. Fingers crossed for a good growing season!!
Ben Johnson Garden Machinery, good for the EGO
Avoid the rocketing fuel costs and cut your grass the EGO way. The Ego Z6 has a 42” cut, with zero turn. The promotion offer available at Ben Johnsons means it comes with 15amp battery power, which is enough to cut approx 1250sq meters. At a 42” cut it’s extremely quick, with various cutting speeds, and side discharge or mulching options. It even comes with cup-holders and a phone charging point, as well as cool LED lights! The same batteries fit all Ego products, see the full range of lawn mowers, hand held and power products at Ben Johnson Garden Machinery of Shaftesbury.
Holm Oak as bus shelter.
places while still small enough to take the shock of being moved. Only yesterday, Luca and I were clearing the veg plot - he too was very busy digging, in the right place this time, till fatigue overwhelmed him and he lay down for a rest which was very companionable of him, while I kept finding small hawthorns and young hollies tucked in underneath clumps of forget-menots, the former now shoved into the new hedge line. Thank you to the birds for spreading the seeds! There is an odd feeling this Spring that winter hasn’t really happened yet so heed the warning I gave last month about our increasingly unpredictable weather patterns. The geraniums are out of the greenhouse now though they will need to be a bit protected in order not to have their new young foliage crushed
by snow! Seeds can go in with abundance provided there is somewhere to plant the results! Moss has been raked off the lawn though not yet finished, there is more to come; the piles were heaped up along the back hedge and have since been carefully sorted by the birds. It may provide bedding for nest building along with Luca’s fine grooming surplus! I am at least grateful
The EGO Z6 has a 42” cut with zero turn and is available at Ben Johnson Garden Machinery, Shaftesbury.
Full ground preparation and laying service available The Farmhouse, Somerton Door, SOMERTON, TA11 6JA Tel/ Fax: 01458 272091 April veg plate.
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