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you have them. Try growing potatoes in tomato salads. Cut and come again spinach
containers. and rocket are also good, as they can be cut
within three to four weeks.
Put up supports for fast growing perennials
before they grow too big and fall over. Feed your lawn to keep the grass looking
healthy and green. Water the lawn regularly
Try taking cuttings of plants such as fuchsias if rain is scarce.
and geraniums to increase your stock. You
could pass these on to friends and family or TOP GARDENING TIPS FOR
donate to the Village Shop to sell on for THE LOCKDOWN IN MAY
extra funds for the Shop.

Continue to sow seeds for salads, so that you
get a continuous supply throughout the LACK OF SPACE TO GROW VEG
Summer.
If you have flower borders but no veg patch,
If you have a veg plot, plant out brassicas you can grow things such as chard and
such as cabbages, cauliflower and broccoli. cabbages in gaps in between flowering
Intersperse plants like chard and beetroot in plants. They will help to support other plants
flower beds and borders to add attractive and act as foliage plants, with big attractive
foliage appeal. leaves.
If you have a garden pond, clear out invasive Grow climbing beans, peas and mange tout
weeds that cut out light and create an up climbing frames or pergolas instead of,
unhealthy pond environment. or as well as sweet peas or other flowering
climbers.
If you have children, get them interested in
gardening and growing flowering plants and If you want to grow potatoes, but have
vegetables. Give them a patch of the garden limited space, try using pots or old buckets.
and show them how to germinate seeds and New buckets only cost £1, then make a few
pot them on, then plant on their patch. holes in the bottom. Even bin liners with
Encourage them to grow cress, mustard and holes in the bottom will work for one
salad leaves from seed on a window ledge season. You can use these pot alternatives
or in a verandah, greenhouse or porch. Also for other crops, such as tomatoes, carrots,
try beetroot, basil, coriander and fenugreek courgettes and cucumbers.
seeds, if you can get hold of them. Cut and
use as micro salads to enhance lettuce and

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