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IN THE GARDEN WITH JILL FENWICK THE GAR- Hello Everyone DEN WITH JILL FENWICK
The fruit trees that you planted over the winter, should be bursting into won- derful blossom now and I am sure that you will be dying to sink your teeth into their delicious fruit. Now comes the hard bit – once the petals have fallen, pinch off all the tiny fruit buds so that the plant’s energy will be directed into growing a strong root system that will nourish the tree for the rest of its life. In a couple of years you will be able to taste the fruits of your labour and they will be bigger and juicier to repay your abstinence.
Now is the time to deal with any potential slug problems. Hostas (photo left) are ‘haute cuisine’ to slugs and snails, so before their tender shoots show above ground, plan your mode of weaponry. Those little blue pellets may do the trick but they will also kill off your local thrushes too. Hostas look great in pots and you can water them with slug-eating nematodes and raise them off the ground. Available from
organiccatalog.com, you just add them to the water in your watering can.
Vegetable plots can look pretty dire at times and I am sure they put
many people off growing vegetables. A large bed can be quite daunting too, so it is always best to go for smaller beds that you can tackle one at a time. I am all for mixing flowers in with the veg and Mari- golds (below) and Nasturtiums are perfect and can be eaten too. They will also attract the bees and small children who are never too young to learn the pleasures of gardening. It takes a lifetime to learn all the tricks of the trade and you might as well start as soon as possible.
Enjoy the fresh air!
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