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Your Gardening Guide for April
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Your Gardening Guide for April
WARM REGION
Welcome to April!
April Jobs
#1 Compost
Compost autumn leaves.
#2 Asparagus
Cut down asparagus foliage as it starts turning yellow and mulch generously.
#3 Fertilise
Fertilise all evergreen plants with blood and bone. New seedlings can be fertilised with a liquid fertiliser or seaweed solution.
#4 Bees and beneficials
Sow or plant flowers to attract bees and beneficial insects and to help provide much needed food reserves throughout the cooler months when food is scarce.
October Essentials
Get some hot tips and tricks for garden success this October, from pricking out, to seed saving rules as well as planting edible tubers.
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White cabbage moth
Protect all Brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale) from white cabbage moth.
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Green manure
Plant a green manure crop, such as millet, oats, lupins or field peas to improve soils.
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Spring flowering bulbs
Planting spring flowering bulbs now such as anemones, daffodils, Dutch iris, freesia, hyacinths, jonquils, tulips, ranunculus will reward you with a bright display when they pop up throughout your garden.
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