The Potting Shed
April 2020
Gardeners' Question Time comes to Worplesdon
Photographs of the evening are on the 2020 Events > GQT pages.
Listen to the First Broadcast : Friday 28th February at 3pm on BBC Radio 4 or Online
Listen to the Second Broadcast: Friday 27th March at 3pm on BBC Radio 4 or Online
Great Deals on Wheels Plant Sale !!
Although there is no plant stall, we still have lots of plants growing-up for sale. Therefore, we have listed all the plants and will allow members to request the plants they would like. We then hope to make very local deliveries to your door as an online sale when they are ready towards the middle-end of April. No crowds, no contact, just some wonderful new plants that will need some love and nurturing. View the Plants...
Working
Jobs to Do in the Garden this Month
In these exceptional times, keep safe and keep gardening
Finish lifting and splitting any large or overgrown clumps of perennials (if you have spares, we will try to collect these from you for sale by the Club - see the Plant Sale page)
Mulch herbaceous perennials with well-rotted manure or garden compost
Start planting your chitted potatoes but protect any emerging shoots from late frosts
Continue sowing seeds in a propagator or warm, light window sill
Start Dahlia tubers into growth in a frost-free place
As temperatures rise, start mowing lawns more frequently but still with higher than normal blade height
Something missing? - Use the Feedback form to suggest your own Tips and Dos and Don'ts...
Potatoes chitting...
Relaxing
What's Looking Good in the Garden - Spring is in the Air...
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Magnolia x Soulangeana
Hyacinthus orientalis 'City of Haarlem' and Tulip 'Purple Bouquet'
Aubretia
Tulip
Pieris japonica
Scilla siberica
Heuchera 'Marmalade'
Snake's Head Fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris
Something missing? - Use the Feedback form to let us know your recommended plants to grow...
Thinking
This Month's Wordsearch
