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Good Variety of HERBACIOUS, SPRING BEDDING and ROCK PLANTS.


We grow the largest selection in East Lancashire of TREES, SHRUBS, CONIFERS,


HEATHERS, FRUIT TREES ami SOFT FRUIT BUSHES


and HEDGING PLANTS over 2 0 ,0 0 0 in slock.


POT GROWN


TOMATO PLANTS NOW READY


SEED POTATOES


Largest selection of seeds, bulbs, corms, shallots, dahlias and lawn seed.


Buy your compost, fertilisers, peats, insecticides and other garden sundries for the coming season. Large selection. Also rustic poles, garden furniture & ornaments


A GOOD SELECTION OF


COI.n WATER FISH FOR PONDS, TANKS AND BOWLS.


h them is Lady ERS


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Water Lilies and Pond Plants just arrived


tsworth tWB) and Mrs ittakor <D).


i, Mr5 K. Saxby (OLJ,


do: 1. Mr? M. Oldfield Irs S. Slu*pherd <BL); A. Whittaker <P); 3,


and <H>. Mrs Bowdin Jr? H Lund (BK).


j and Mrs K. M. ; 3. Mrs S. Shepherd


llace: 1. Mrs Dakin ; Kramrisch <BLJ and <>d < I? i : 2, Mrs Hasler Ingham <BM. Mrs J .


t.-atv in oils: 1« Mrs J . S. (H* and Mrs A. Smith >. Mr* V. Blackman <CL> ? V M. Shearman (WH); M. Booth (WD), Miss D.


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BK), Mrs M. T. McVitie and Mrs K. M. Waller


G); 2. Mrs Aspinall Mrs E. A. Whittaker :s E. Whittaker (D) .


itcliiTo <WB>. painting:


1. Mrs >:,v#»v, Helen Davey,


DllK.VS CLASHES years—Sarah Bennett; rine Dean: 8-M —


lrrtorij Julie Carter. 5-fi — Helen Davey,


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«u*hftt. t* ri? • 6-7 — Am an d a Mandv Lambert. .Julie g .;i — Linda Waring,


\ rv o.ir> — Margaret a.-.e, Alison PiUcmgtnn,


Llkinston. and foliage: Alison


A!i.-'*n Pilkincton, Susan


'•r.idened sampler: Alison Helen Davey, Susan


Carden; Helen Davey, y. Alison Pilkington.


«an Davey, Elizabeth n a n r i ic ra f t : C a r o l *


animrd; H e l e n


TV :-U* “VhwaUo rd '- l: D a v id H a r t le y , b is c u it s : Helen D a v e y ,


Helen Davey, Hogg. Ann Miller.


■RATIVE ENTRIES p re s e rv e s : BillingtOffi


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badge: Little Mitton, md Langho, Wadding'


n? for a christening party: 2ton and Lan.cho, Riming-


Downham. d;craff«.. Pendleton. Riming- v. >t Bradford. Uttlc Mitton.


oimcil’s rst


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Singleton) for authority's first .■tiiday service,


- ,-,f : no Kibble and chief the Mayor


vice vas held at !ei! R e f o rm e d ,or.q ridge, and con- tite minister, the Male.


ad a n d uniformed or..-, the civic party .rough the town in i to the church.


he Ixingridge Prize


, 2 ii Treasurer, Mr On.-iow.


o.-’.sous were read by a v- >r and by the


\:ie :■ i.ore .served.


:’e*'.i:’ncd to the where refresh-


an;.'* was Mrs M. ervicc, the pro-


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FOR BEST RESULTS -D O N ’T DIG By ALLAN HALSTEAD


THERE'S been a revolution in the gardening world, with some experts preaching (and pactising) what, a few decades ago, would have been considered pure horticultural heresy. The new doctrine, in a couple of words, is “don’t dig.” At least, don’t dig unless it is necessary.


♦ lull you are gardening in 11174. when new techniques


Consider yourself lucky


arc taking a great deal of the backache and hard' graft out of one of the best hobbies for industrial man.


digging" bus about 25 years ago through a combination of a love of reading and a distaste for wielding the spade. The literary labours in lhe


I first caught the " no


William Breton, veteran originally Guernsey. "You are right," said Mr


l wise f r o m


deckchair introduced me to a - horticulturist-cum-farmer


who had abandoned deep cultieation in favour of chopping tip the surface soil and vegetation with disc harrows (churning up only the top inch or two of soil * replacing the plough 'or


spade i. lll.KI.TK’


3V digging only a single •spit" of soil for a row ot leas, wide enough to bury :he manure and the double row of peas. The rest of he 3ft.-wide section of earth


One spring I experimented


tot a quick hoc and rake. It worked. But until this


•ear I've always had the fuilty feeling of the heretic about this technique.


(ay when, right there on the “ box." one of the telc- n.-ion gardening pundits brazenly propagated this, technique. At last I m hack in the ranks of -legitimate- gardeners! Rather Ulan lead you readers astray, and to en­ sure some moral support in case the ranks of the die­ hard diggers counter-attack.


Imagine my Joy the other


I tested this theory on two experts: Burnley nursery­ man Mr Jim Vincent Jun. and his glasshouse manager at Toivncley Holmes, Mr


Breton. "In Guernsey we don’t move any more soil than we need to move—we dig only where we arc going to plant."


YKSTERYEAR


ready in good shore lit won't do where builders


tory " technique, however, assumes the garden is al­


This “ don't dig for vic­


have Just kicked the clay off their boots after completing a new semi). And the more you divert from “ natural " gardening the more exper­ tise is needed. The take-it-casy gardener


may also need to dig into his pocket a bit more than the gardener ol yesteryear.


newest aids to producing early salad crops is the “Turn Bag.” Before anyone gets the idea the word is short for " tummy," I should explain it's the trade name lor tomato bag. That s a p l a s t i c container with enough correctly balanced soil to grow three tomato plants (or one cucumber or melon or what you fancyi. These bags cost about 90p


For instance, one of the


are getting 120 tons per acre by this method instead of 100 tons, and in addition


are saving labour costs on sterilising soil and feeding and watering crops.


COMPOST


sionals it must be good for the amateurs. But a word of warning. Feeding and watering needs more careful attention than ring culture or tomatoes planted in the earth.


If it's good for the profes­ When the "Turn Bag"


has grown its crop, the soil can be used again for pot plants or seedlings, for it is still good compost material.


waiting at shops and nur­ series to aid the home gardener.


There are many other aids


of flower plants which will soon be ready for planting out. This year's early sun­ shine has made most of us long to get the planks estab­ lished in the (lower beds. But take it easy. By all means place your order NOW. but wait, until your nurseryman tells you it is safe to plant them out. Nigliks are still cold, with danger of ground frosts.


There are a wide variety


each, and are so easy to use they even have circles marked on the top where you cut out the plastic to make a hole for the plant!


Does it work? In Guernsey, I am as­ sured, the tomato growers


The right Implement for a given job makes the task a


at the range of tools and equipment now available.


whole lot easier. If you arc a compulsive


" digger," at least get one ot the stainless steel spades which don't collect clods of heavy earth on the blade.


Finally, have a good look Gutdem C entte


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