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TIPS
Greenhouse maintenance tips
• Clean greenhouse windows regularly – if they are dirty, less sunlight will get through them. Use warm water and a sponge to do this.
• Before you start cleaning the inside of your greenhouse, remove everything from inside. Pests such as slugs can be very good at hiding so it’s easiest to spot them if the greenhouse is empty.
• If you need to move plants outside while you clean the inside of the greenhouse, either move them to another greenhouse/shed or put them outside in a sheltered area but make sure that you wrap them in fleece. If the temperature is too low outside, you will have to work around them and not move them outside.
• Check that all windows and ventilation sections are fully functioning; if they are not you will need to replace them.
• Check for any broken or cracked glass and replace these as soon as possible
to avoid heat
escaping.
• Open all doors and vents while you
are cleaning your greenhouse to ensure a good flow of air through the greenhouse.
• Scrape out dirt from in between glass panes with plastic plant labels.
Beth Cowan
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Opportunities for you to feature in the next edition!!
Please send in your article/s. No more than 600 words please (we reserve the right to edit longer articles) along with lively, good quality images (1MB if possible). Please attach
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Preservation and storing
How do you make the most out of your surplus produce?
Do you generally freeze or pickle your ingredients or do you dry your fruit and vegetables? Or do you preserve in other ways, a little out of the ordinary?
Share your homemade recipes with us.
You and your allotment
We always want to hear what you have been up to personally on your plot and what encourages you to go down to your allotment?
For some it is for simple peace and quiet, for others it’s the social aspect of interacting with fellow allotment holders, learning and sharing. Tell us about ‘you and your allotment plot’.
Tips
You don’t have to provide a lengthy article to feature in the magazine. Maybe you would just like to share a short, useful tip with other members or maybe you have come up with a creative invention that you would like to talk about.
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ALLOTMENT & LEISURE GARDENER • Issue12015
Inside: Feature on...Cut flowers – p16 •
Grant fund raising tips – p20 • Chicken keeping – p24/25