www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Thursday.February 12,2015 .54 I CUTHEROEADVERTISERSHMES Tiursday, February 1Z, 2015 www.ditheroeadv6rtiser.co.uk ClTTHEROEADVERTISERfiUMES I 55 Property: Homes of Distinction ^ '•■ -*- r ; iW'Ar. C P n . •;.=* • :.w -N Y-Z USSj-Vi (:. •' W $ £ K r , X - . ' • ' * S'’s’ ■ • ;V: r • ‘ i - v - ' -? i ' . - . r ; : • TSS&JI I WRITTEN BY


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[ ASA Iknowhasawet I / % spot in the gar- | / H den, especially | X Jft-living in the Rib- ble Valley with our naturally clay-like soil and the high lev­ els of rainfall that our plants


[ have to put up with. Now if you’re looking for


1 winter colour for this time of year, but in a wet part of the


[ just don’t like having their feet wet during the winter months. When we’re talking wet, we mean parts of the gar­ den where water is standing when it rains, not just parts where the soil is a bit claggy! The solution to this prob­


GREAT NEST TO SETTLE IN V f THE NEST, NEWTON:IN-BOWLAND


This unique cottage lies in thepopular village ofNewton-In-Bowland and offers good internal living acconunodation


. with original features throughout including beamedceilingsandbead and butt pine doors. The individual style works very well and is the new way


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- ** Viewing this property is certainly recommended, to appreciate how it would be ideal for anyone downsizing ora starter home for any new family. Clitheroe is only a short drive away where a host of ameni­ ties can be found which


^ include banks, shops, super- ’ markets, health centre, l i­ brary, junior and secondary schools. . Oh entering the village of


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Newton from the direction of Waddington, follow the road into thevillageoverthe bridge taking the left hand fork and first left and the property can be located on your right hand


side. The accommodation com-


+ prises (approximate room siz-


esonly): Entrance hall with cen­ tral heating radiator, natural


' travertine tiled floor, under stairs storage cupboardhous- ing central heating electric boiler, hardwood double glaz­


ing. Bedroomone(ioft8inx9ft


. 8 i'n) with hardwood double glazed window, central heat­ ing radiator, downlighters, built-in wardrobe Bedroom two (10ft 8inx9ft


5in) with two hardwood dou­ ble glazed windows, central heating radiator, downlight­ ers


Shower room with walk- in shower cubicle with body


jets and’multi spray head, low suite w.c, porcelain counter top basin on honed traver­ tine counter, natural traver­ tine half tiled walls and floor, hardwood double glazed win- ■ dow, down lighters, extractor, towel radiator Staircase to first floor. Stunning dining kitchen


' (21ft nin x 17ft nin), with a range of base and eye level • units in white with solid Iroki worktop and breakfast bar, integrated fridge and freezer,


Belling double oven with four ring electric hob, sink unit: with mixer tap, plumbed and drainedforwashingmachiner four hardwood double glazed windows, beamed ceiling, two central heating radiators, handmade red brickfireplace housing multi fuel stove, two veluxwindows, spacefor large dining table Staircase to mezzanine


lounge (17ft gin x 11ft) with beamed ceiling, central heat­ ing radiator, balustrade. The property has electric


central heating and hardwood double glazing. To the front there is a small


flagged entrance which epjoys the sun most of the day.


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Agent: Mortimers, 5/7 Castle Street, Clitheroe


Phone: 01200 427331


www.mortimers- property.co.uk


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Snowdrops are the first sign of spring. Popping their heads up above the ground when the weather is bleak, they hold their flowers for what seems like


an eternity and will grow, in a sunny or shaded posi­ tion. In shade the flowers willlastlonger! Plant in flower or in the green for bestresults.


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lem is simple - Dogwoods! Withtheirpropernamebeing Cornus, they are well known for their fiery displays of col­ our, not from their leaves but from the bark! And it’s the wet


■ garden, you will always strug­ gle with evergreens as they


boggy waterlogged ground that Cornus love... it’s thecon- ditions that they thrive in! The colour of bark ranges


from red to yellow, including orange as well. Different va­ rieties also grow to different heights, but don't be fooled by how tall some varieties can get.Tokeeplookingtheirbest they need to be pruned every otheryear. If you have planted one


several years ago and it seems to have lost its colour low­ er down, this is because the young bark is colourful and the old bark turns brown like any other shrub. So don’t prune them yet, as the end of February is the ideal time, pruning them down to one foot from the ground, then miss a year and do it again the following year. But as men­ tioned above, ifyou leave them un-pruned, they lose their col­ our lower down along with getting taller than necessary. The stem colour is great,


especially when you plant va­ rieties next to each other for a contrast, red against yellow, then mix in the orange to get


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What can I be doing in the frost? At this time of year at the nursery it is ideal for doing any removal of unwanted trees and bushes, but


always seek professional advice before tackling larger trees. It may look small from the ground, but when coming down it's surprising the damage it could cause! Nowis


, also a great time to tidy the shed and clean and sharpen any tools for the season ahead, along with spending time on raking up any de­ bris in woodland areas as the level . offrostwill be much lighterthere.


the full range! In the spring and summer the stem colour dulls down slightly, but they put on a fresh flush of leaves, most varieties being variegat­ ed soyou get long-term colour- all year round - the stems in the winter, then a change of colour with the leaves during


Jobs to do....


1- Slug pellets Now, in the middle of the month, is


the time to sprinkle your blue slug pel­ lets around the garden to help prevent slug damage later on 2 - Mulch trees and bushes . Use mulch to put coverings around the bottom of your trees and bushes. Grass is unlikely to grow here with it being dry, so giving a mulch will make them look smart and tidy 3-


Trim back Ivy Take back any long shoots and if


on a house remove shoots near the windows and towards the roof as it will start to creep into places where it is not welcome.. 4 -


Plant Roses Now is a great time to plant some IT’S TIMETO GET


OUTINTHEGARDEN AND GET CRACKING WITH THOSE


MUST-DO JOBS...


BUT WHICH ONES? HERE JOHN FOLEY SETSOUTWHAT


NEEDS DOING AND WHEN, AND HOW TO GO ABOUT IT


bare rootToses in well prepared ground in your garden. Make sure to mix well rotted manure into newand


existing beds as they thrive on the fresh bacteria that will come from the rotting manure. 5-Tidy the shed With the hard frosts locking up the


ground it's time to get into the shed and give it an early ‘spring clean'. Take everything out, and have a good old re-organise ready for the year ahead, along the way you will no doubt find things thatyou forgot you ever had! 6 - Cover vegetable patches Use a layer of polythene, ideally


black in colour, to cover your vegeta­ ble patches or beds. It keeps the soil dry and workable plus any sun we get will help warm up the bed making it ideal growing conditions ready for Spring.


What are Auricilas best grown in? Auriculas (like the Auricula‘Irish Blue’ pictured above) are a great type of primrose with their showy displays of delicate scented flow- V*” ers in a range of colours. Across the board giving them some over- head.cover from the winter rain vyill always benefit them, then after 9 flowering re-pot mother plants into alOcm pot, along with potting off any offsets into smaller pots, all in a three-part mix; one part John InnesNo2,onepartGritSandand one part peat or multipurpose


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compost. Liquid feed with tomato food in the Autumn to ensure good displays of flower in the spring.


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the season. With regards to sun or


shade, they are suited to ei­ ther a full sun situation or somewhere with partial shade getting a small amount of sun, which helps colour up the- bark during winter. . So ifyou have dogwoods in


the garden give them a good prune at the end of February followed by a feed. You will think you have killed it taking it back that far, but by Sum­ mer it will have a fresh display or colourful branches ready to help lighten up the winter garden.


ShouldlprunemyMagnolianow? © With them flowering so early, now isn't the best time to prune them as you will be missing out on extra flowers. They don’t respond very well to an overall hard prune, but if a large branch is going in the wrong direction look at removing this after flowering, along with carrying out any light pruning back to where there is already leaves.


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