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<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\nT<\/strong><\/em><\/span>HE VILLAGE GARDENER<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Happy New Year everyone<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n This time of year, I love to look through seed catalogues, wondering if the plants will ever be as good as they look in the pamphlet. They never are.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t start trampling all over the soil unless it\u2019s dry as compacting it now will make for heavy work come the planting season. There is always something to be done, whether it\u2019s weeding or taking some of the leaves off hellebores to expose the flowers. Dead heading the winter flowering pansies is a must or they\u2019ll go to seed. These pansies are never as good until early spring when they flourish, and we\u2019re loathe to take them out to make room for spring bedding. If you have managed to get another year out of the wallflowers, you will find they flower so much earlier than the new ones planted out last autumn.<\/p>\n The storms this winter will make us all think twice about planting trees. Trees are one of our biggest assets against flooding, by slowing down the flow of water, absorbing rainwater and reducing soil erosion. Choose a species that fits in the space you have and prune regularly or the local authority will be on your case if it encroaches on to a road or pavement. The lowest branches have to be 2.5 metres above the footpath and 5.3 metres above the road. Yet if it grows too close to your dwelling, you will need their permission to cut it back. Just a thought, after seeing all the fences that have come down lately, why not if you have the room plant a hedge. There are so many different plants that can be used, and they don\u2019t blow over, last a lot longer, look good, great for wildlife and good for the environment. Not leylandii!<\/p>\n Cloches should be making an appearance on the allotments and veg gardens to warm the soil for planting peas. Take any yellowing leaves off brassicas, to stop any disease. Mr Gareth Lewis will have started potatoes off in grow bags inside his hot house, just to be the first with new season spuds.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re like Big John of the Environment team whose tool is always sharp, then you won\u2019t need the service of a free hand tool sharpening session starting on the 6th January in the Wheelwright\u2019s shop by the Church Hall. What\u2019s On recipients can bring them along that week. Shears, loppers, secateurs and mower blades.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Take care and happy gardening<\/p>\n THE VILLAGE GARDENER<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE VILLAGE GARDENER Happy New Year everyone This time of year, I love to look through seed catalogues, wondering if the plants will ever be as good as they look in the pamphlet. They never are. Don\u2019t start trampling all over the soil unless it\u2019s dry as compacting it now will make for heavy work come the planting season. 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