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Gardening. How do I keep a Crocosmia or Lucifer Perennial over the Winter in my Garden?I Live in Midlands UK.?

Posted on Dec 09, 2008 under garden advice | 10 Comments

It should be ok,but just to be on the safe side you can always cover them with a mulch or even put some wallpaper lining paper over them first, then cover with mulch, this stops them from rotting if you get a wet winter

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what will be some winter veggies I can plant..anything I need to know..New to winter gardening?

Posted on Dec 09, 2008 under garden advice | 3 Comments

I know turnip greens & other greens..what about beets radishes ?what else??

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I live in alabama

If your ground is tilled deeply and without stones, you can plant beet, turnips, parsnips, carrots and leafy green veggies such as spinach and kales.
Fall planting for germination and then covering the plants with a heavy mulch to prevent “heaving” of the soil and promote easy digging works great! A cold frame placed over you greens will prevent winter “burn” and keep you harvesting well into bitter cold weather.

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Brians Tip for Free Compost

Posted on Nov 24, 2008 under garden advice | No Comment

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By late November, usually following stormy weather, most of the trees in and around your garden will have dumped their leaves over your lawn and flower beds.

Rather than just gather them up and throw them into your brown bin for collection, here’s a handy tip to make use of those leaves next year.

Recycling your autumn leaves is one of the best ways to get free compost.

Here’s all you have to do.

* Take a good sized black bin liner and put a few holes in the side and bottom.
* Gather up leaves and stuff them into the bin liner.
* When almost full, sprinkle with water, shake and tie.
* Store in a shady spot, (most people have some spare room behind a garden
shed or in a corner somewhere), and by next autumn the leaves will have
rotted down into a rich, crumbly mixture that you can use as a mulch around
the base of your plants.
* If you want to use the leaves to add to the soil as growing compost, then
leave them alone for a second year.

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