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NewDecemberDecember In The Fruit Garden
Now is the perfect time to prune fruit trees to maintain an open, balanced structure and encourage quality fruit production. However plums, cherries and other stone fruits should not be pruned until the summer as winter pruning will make them susceptible to silver leaf fungus.
Make sure you use clean, sharp secateurs to avoid damaging your trees.
Plant blueberries this winter for an attractive addition to the fruit garden. With pretty white flowers, delicious berries and fiery autumn foliage, these acid
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NewDecemberAround Your Garden and Lawn
Spike lawns with a garden fork to improve drainage and aeration. Wash and clean bird feeders and bird tables. Clean
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NewDecemberDecember Flower Garden
Now is the time for pruning. Cutting back summer side-shoots to 2 or 3 buds on wisteria. Cutting away diseased
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NewDecemberWinter Vegetable Garden
Lift the last of your leeks and parsnips before the soil becomes frozen. If you haven’t already, cut down dead
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NewDecemberIn The Greenhouse and The Home
If you haven’t already done so, clean out the greenhouse thoroughly. Wash glass, the floor and the staging with disinfectant
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