Garden Notes For November

Thetford Garden & Allotment Club Gardening Notes - November 2022

Now the clocks have gone back, dark evenings are with us once more. When it’s cold we often have to steel ourselves to go out in the garden and remind ourselves why we do it! Science has proven that staying active helps protect us against heart disease and strokes as well as keeping our brains active. We often feel a sense of wellbeing after the exercise provided by gardening. Over the past few years we have been urged to cut down our use of peat based composts and now DEFRA have announced that the sale of composts containing peat will be banned from 2024, the e act date to be confirmed. It has been tricky to find a good peat free compost and water retention has proved a problem. Manufacturers will have to improve their offerings and research is continuing into suitable growing mediums. The RHS, National Trust and Kew Gardens have not used peat for some time and they are expert growers so it can be done and we will all have to make the adjustment. It s time to make sure tender perennials such as fuchsias and pelargoniums are kept in a frost free greenhouse or cool room with plenty of light over winter. Pigeons will be out in force as food becomes scarcer for them so make sure your winter brassicas are well netted if you would like to enjoy eating them! It seems a long time since we were en oying the heat of summer, I was lucky to en oy a holiday based in Rutland visiting some fascinating gardens and hearing some knowledgeable horticultural speakers such as David Hurrion, Nick Hamilton and Adam Frost from Gardener’s World. Adam gave an excellent talk on garden design and answered all our questions over a super lunch during a visit to Boughton Hall. He was very pleasant and easy going, just like his TV persona.

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TGAC member Maggie meets with Adam Frost from Gardener’s World

Our Thetford Garden and Allotment Club meeting takes place on 24th November at the United Reformed Church at 7.30pm, all welcome. We are in need of new members to join. Our Chairman Brian Farrell will be hosting the evening. Keep warm and enjoy your gardening. Maggie Baldwin, TGAC

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