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Gardening advice
LALESTON GARDENING CLUB
Our Club remains closed in accordance with Government Guidelines, however our shop ‘The Cabin’ is now open every Saturday morning between 10am - 12 noon, Click and Collect is still available for those who prefer that method of collecting their gardening needs. On the 20th July the Government is allowing Community Centres and Village Halls to open but with many restrictions, so the Committee will meet and try to find a way forward for keeping Club activities going. August in the garden is often a hot month, so watering and dead heading continues to ensure those lovely flower beds continue into September. Cut back those shrubs that have finished flowering, as Lavender dies back a good prune is called for to ensure good growth next season. Don’t delay summer pruning of fruit trees. Harvest your vegetables as they become ripe and ready to eat. Enjoy your garden and do stay safe. Follow us on Facebook for the latest developments. Our members should now be taking photos of blooms, vegetable plots and flowerbeds ready to enter our online competition.
Susan Ford
Deadline date for the September issue is: Saturday 15th August
CEFN CRIBWR GARDENING CLUB
The garden will be slowly running out of steam after blooming beautifully this summer (apart from my rain battered rambler!) As it rained on Swithins day, I fear we are in for a wet August, (old wives tale or not?) Anyway let’s keep everything in the garden as nice as we can for as long as we can! Keep dead heading roses until towards the end of the month then leave them as they will be getting ready to hibernate (they do honestly) producing hips is nature’s way of telling your bush it’s time to lie dormant for the long cold winter ahead, stop feeding too as this promotes new growth and if it’s growing when a hard freeze arrives it could easily be goodbye sweet bush altogether! Pigeons seem to like the same veg as us and a flock of pigeons can go through a cabbage patch faster than a pack of locusts! Make believe snakes are an excellent deterrent, cut an old hose into 3-foot lengths, lay in snake shapes around your veg visible from the air, that’ll scare them! Did you know –Nasturtiums means “nose twister” in Latin, referring to people’s reaction on tasting the flowers!
Chris Early
P.A.Davies & Son HOME IMPROVEMENTS
All types of tree works undertaken along with landscaping and garden maintenance
