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Your garden in June
6 Come June, its pretty safe to say that the risk of frost is behind us – summer is on its way and it’s time to make sure the garden is in good shape for the summer months. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the garden is bursting into life. This makes June a particularly busy month for the green-fingered among us with lots of planting, pruning, maintenance and weeding to do done. All our hard work is sure to be worth the effort though as we sit back and admire the onset of summer in our garden. Plant baskets and containers Now the risk of morning frost has passed, its time to plant up your containers, hanging baskets and planters. If you already had them growing in the greenhouse, or hardening off outside during the day, then It’s now safe to move them out to their summer position – choosing a sunny spot will ensure you get the best from them. Trim any excess growth to maintain shape and deadhead regularly to encourage flower growth. Water at least once a day or more frequently when it’s hot dry and windy. Regular feeding – once per week in the summer – will also help your plants to thrive. Mow lawns once a week The lawn will be growing fast now and will continue to do so throughout the summer, so a good weekly cut is essential to keep it looking neat and tidy. To make sure your lawn looks its best for summer, apply a spring fertiliser onto established lawns now.
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The essential gardening jobs for June
A good feed and a regular close cut will encourage extra growth making your lawn thick and lush. Don’t forget to reduce cutting frequency and raise mower blades if we have a drought. Care for your roses June is traditionally the month when roses are at their peak. You will need to keep an eye out for black spots and aphid attacks. Both of these will need treating immediately to ensure that too much damage doesn’t occur. Black spot is a serious disease for roses caused by a fungus which infects the leaves and reduces plant vigour, and should be treated at first sign of infection with a fungicide. Green fly are sapsucking creatures that can alter the growth of roses, also decreasing their vigour. Treat roses that are being attacked by aphids with an insecticide. Deadhead any faded rose blooms to encourage fresh buds to grow and apply a rose fertiliser after the first flowering.
Plant of the month: Rose
Why should you plant them? Roses suit all kinds of gardens –they come in huge variety of colours, shapes and scents. They can be grown in beds, borders and containers and can be grown up walls, fences and trellis. How should you plant them? Roses grown in containers can be planted all year round – check the label when buying though as their preferred spot and conditions will vary depending on the type. Dig a hole roughly twice the size of the root ball to a spade’s depth, dig in a good quality compost and fork in a general fertiliser. Plant the rose to the same depth as it was in the container, firm down and water well. Apply a rose fertiliser every spring for amazing displays of colour.
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The Annual Summer Tour is a highlight of any season at the City and Port of Bristol Club and the club has been doing it since 1984. There was another tour in the 1980s --- this time to Newquay and this was when friends from Yorkshire made a welcome appearance.
The first ever tour was in 1984, organised by Pat Warren and Syd Dixon it was in Bournemouth and saw a full coach of 48 bowlers taking part. Most of them were members of the club ---- at that time 140 members strong --- with a few friends from other clubs coming along to enjoy the fun. It was fun ---- capped by the final evening’s fancy dress ---- people did dress in all sorts of things!
The following year saw a return to Bournemouth and another great tour. It was on this tour that the bowlers met a group of Labour Councillors and wives, from Yorkshire, and friendships were made that would lead to not only another meeting on tour but eventually to City and Port heading North to Wortley Hall near Sheffield and a try at Crown Green Bowling ---- not quite the same as playing on a flat surface. Pat remembers it not going that well!!
During this era some holidays were arranged ---- not as tours but they did largely include the same group of people. One such trip was to Zante --- organised by Elizabeth Blake. Others were to Bulgaria and to Scotland --- no doubt great times were had by all.
Pat continued to arrange tours for many years and was for some time Club Treasurer. She was a very good bowler, winning numerous club trophies and representing the club in both the Ladies League and in competitions for many years.
Pat worked with Lis Davies to organise tours at the start of the new Millennium before Lis took on the job of sole organiser, something she did before standing down at the end of the 2019 tour based in Sidmouth at the Royal York and Faulkner Hotel.
8 But friendships had been forged and the folk from Yorkshire made an appearance at a City and Port Presentation Evening ----- in fancy dress and were pleased to accept the offer of overnight hospitality at the end of the night.
