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IN THE GARDEN WITH JILL FENWICK THE GAR-
Hello Everyone I had a very unusual visitor to my garden this week: a stray heron landed a few metres away from my back door. All the local garden ponds were frozen over so he must have been rather ravenous. It reminded me that we need to put up bird boxes this month before the tits start to nest.
DEN WITH JILL FENWICK
Birds and small children love raspberries and now is your last chance to plant bare-rooted ones. Immediately prune the summer-fruiting varieties to 25cm and the autumn ones down to the ground. Leave a few gaps in the netting when the berries are ripe so that the occasional scrumper can enjoy them too.
Above A favourite flower -: Primroses
Walking through a nursery’s greenhouse this week I was completely overcome by the heady perfume emanating from rows upon rows of Sweet Box.. Although it looks similar to the common evergreen Box, the various forms of Sarcococca all flower prolifically during the winter months. They are happiest in shade and are brilliant for planting near your front door so that their honeyed scent can waft through your house.
If the frost this month has seen the end of your Bay tree, replace it with a spineless Holly and no one will notice the difference! Ilex J C. van Tol is a self-fertile female variety so you can have berries too.
Have you checked out your shed recently and cleaned up your tools with an oily rag? If you are new to gardening the best place to buy them is through Tools for Self-Reliance. They have a workshop in Crickhowell, which is a treasure trove for good quality and unusual re-furbished garden tools.
Chit your seed potatoes (allow shoots to form) by placing them in a light, cool, frost-free place. Potatoes and leeks make a great warming soup so I’m off to dig up some leeks now.
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