Spring has sprung in Kent & East Sussex
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Will it? Won't it? As March draws to a close, spring is teasing us, but Dan and Julia see signs of spring everywhere they look. In episode 2, the Two Good Gardeners get animated about April, celebrating foraged food in the form of wild garlic, sharing the joy of daffodils and warning against planting delicate plants outside too soon. Dan offers advice on growing dahlias from seed, cuttings and tubers, and Julia shares a thrifty Easter project involving egg boxes. Additional resources: Dan's guide to growing dahliasDan's advice on hardening off seedlings and plantsDan's April garden guideMore about wild garlicMore about daffodils Dan & Julia's jobs for the next fortnight: Start to feed citrus with summer feedMow lawns. (start with the blades set high).Sow hardy annuals outside...Plant out potatoes: earlies in the first half and main crop at the end of April.Sow squashes, courgettes, and pumpkins under cover this month and protect them from mice.Stay on top of weeds.Sow parsnips direct into the ground.Hand-pollinate peach and apricot blossoms using a paintbrush.Plant out leeks.Pot up dahlia tubers and take cuttings when shoots reach 5-7cm long. https://www.dancoopergarden.com/ https://www.parkers-patch.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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