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<\/p>\nFollowing on from last month, our members have some tips to share with you.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Knowing that \u201cmore grows in a garden than the gardener knows she has planted,\u201d I\u2019ll hand over to Hanna Roberts to tell her story \u2026.\u201cMy biggest success last summer was with agapanthus. About 7 years ago, a plant just appeared in my border bearing 2 flower heads. Because it was in the wrong place, I dug it up and put it in a pot. Over the years it filled the pot up, and although they like to be pot bound, I decided to split it into 4. Last summer I had over 100 flower heads in total. The photo shows my 6-year-old granddaughter explaining the anatomy of the flower to her older brother. We may have a future Carol Klein!!\u201d<\/p>\n
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Our next suggestion comes from Michael Murch who would encourage all children to grow vegetables as he did as a child. His wife Judy explains \u201cGiven his Mother was French, he loved growing French radishes which was extremely easy. Just sow thinly and wait for the results. The taste is not as strong as the English ones!\u201d Michael\u2019s own children helped him grow leeks.\u00a0\u201cAgain, sow thinly and when\u00a0finger thick\u00a0make a row of holes and gently drop each one into a hole.\u00a0 As they continue to grow, earth them up much like potatoes. This encourages the stems to stay\u00a0white.\u201d\u00a0Apparently, Michael\u2019s mother made lovely leek soup. \u201cI don’t think my soup was as good,\u201d admitted Judy. \u201cBut then I didn’t much like garlic, so it might have been a bit tasteless!\u201d<\/p>\n
Lastly, whilst most of us love runner beans, making frames for them is a chore! Keith Goodwin may have the answer. He concedes that \u201cMy least favourite job on the allotment is to tie canes together to make bean frames. However, I remember my Scouting days, and making a firm cross-over lashing.\u201d He advises starting with a clove-hitch knot, slipping it over the top of the cane and continuing from there to wind the string round and round and back and forth over the canes, finishing with another clove-hitch. The result is a square or diagonal lashing that holds the canes together firmly to form a frame.<\/p>\n
According to the Chinese proverb \u201cLife begins the day you start a garden.\u201d Ready for the challenge? Enjoy the spring and happy gardening everyone!<\/p>\n
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Rosemary Jones<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Following on from last month, our members have some tips to share with you.\u00a0 Knowing that \u201cmore grows in a garden than the gardener knows she has planted,\u201d I\u2019ll hand over to Hanna Roberts to tell her story \u2026.\u201cMy biggest … Continue reading