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Mulch your Borders Fingers crossed Spring has usually arrived by midMarch. The fairer weather allows for a wider range of gardening jobs.

Following the weest winter in my memory I am desperate to get in the garden; however, it is important to allow lawns and borders to dry out before working on them. If they are sll saturated working on them will do more harm than good. I generally leave dying up unl the spring as it is beer for wildlife. Once I have pruned my roses and cut back herbaceous perennials I will apply a mulch of organic maer. It is the best single investment of me and money you can do for your garden, it’s the old adage of “Look aer the soil and the plants will look aer themselves”. Mulching with organic maer has many benefits: • It helps to retain moisture in the summer. • It will suppress weeds if applied thickly enough. • It improves nutrient levels. • It improves the structure of the soil. • It will encourage beneficial soil organisms. • It gives a nice decorave look to your borders.

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The best mulch to use is homemade compost but most gardeners will not make enough to do the job, other materials such as mushroom compost, ulity compost, wellroed farmyard manure or fine composted bark can also be used. It must be applied at a minimum depth of 5cm to be effecve as a weed suppressant. All border ‘housework’ should be done beforehand, such as weeding, dividing perennials and moving plants. Be careful not to mulch over the top of emerging perennials, leave a small collar around the outside of each plant. Plant of the Season Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’ A long lived perennial forming clumps of evergreen lance shaped leaves, known for its delighul loose clusters of genan blue flowers that appear in early spring. Preferring paral shade in a moisture retenve soil it makes a stunning addion to the woodland floor or shady rockery

where it associates well with spring flowers, ferns and hostas. The Royal Horcultural Society have given it an AGM (Award of Garden Merit).

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