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Hannah’s horticulture...
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August jobs Cripes it’s almost August already! Though our weather hasn’t been the best, it’s been good for the garden and for the depleted groundwater reserves – Devon still has a hosepipe ban from last summer, it really was that dry. Watering! Even though we’ve had a lot of rain, some things don’t get watered very well and are still thirsty – pots and baskets in particular. I also give the plants some much welcome feed, either granular or liquid. Seaweed based feed is a great idea, or a general purpose fertiliser will do just fine. Given the rain we’ve had, it’s also a good idea to feed your lawn at the moment too. I never feed a lawn when its drought stressed as there’s no point, the grass can’t absorb it and the fertiliser is wasted. Succession sow vegetables, and
Hannah Hobbs-Chell is a horticulturist and garden designer/consultant. If you have a question for her, email:hannah.hobbschell@ outlook.com including a picture own are really starting to pay off now, with sweet corn, peas, courgettegate, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, raspberries, strawberries and more all producing well. And potatoes will be ready to lift too this month.
n We’re beginning to reap the rewards of our efforts at our community allotment for the foodbank in Ferndown, and have been blessed with the kindness of others’ surplus harvests too!
harvest those you’ve grown Spring onions, lettuce, herbs, even peas I am succession
sowing for a longer harvest window. And the fruits of grow your
Prune wisteria Wisteria pruning needs to be done in August and again in spring to keep it under control and flowering ferociously. In August, you want to be cutting back the ‘whippy’ green shoots of this year’s growth to 5/6 leaves. If it is a younger plant or you
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