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ORANGERIES & CONSERVATORIES <strong>Surrey</strong> & London’s Premier Design and Build Company Registered Company “We used Castle Conservatories for our beautiful orangery. The craftsmanship was outstanding, and the finished product was fantastic. The orangery they created for us has enabled us to spend more time together as a family and added value and beauty to our home. We could not fault the team, the work, and the aftercare of Castle Conservatories. We have and will continue to recommend this highly conscientious company. - Gemma & David Knight, Epsom. Experience our products by visiting our design centre 020 8669 1500 www.castleconservatories.com Woodcote Green Garden Centre | Woodmansterne Lane | <strong>Surrey</strong> | SM6 0SU
Garden addition of organic matter, A sandy soil will hold together and retain more goodness, and clay soil ‘open’ up and become more free draining. Organic matter teems with microscopic life and it is this that helps the plants to grow. I will stop fetishising about soil in a minute, but the longer you associate with plants and their surroundings, the more you will focus on it. A good soil is key to growing vegetables successfully. So nurture it – build a compost heap, befriend a farmer, buy a horse… Sowing and planting Sowing vegetable seeds directly where they are to grow sounds like the quickest way to get a harvest, but it can be fraught with problems. One of the most annoying things that happens in freshly cultivated soil is when your crop germinates at the same time as masses of weeds. This is because the process of cultivation brings weed seeds up from under the surface of the soil and nearer to the light, triggering them into growth. The huge rash of weeds that appears can completely swamp your prized vegetable seedlings. The outrage continues, as weeds have a cunning habit of looking just like the crop they grow among – and it’s easy to pull up a precious baby vegetable along with the unwanted weedlings. Many gardeners recommend the ‘no dig’ method and try not to disturb the soil at all – laying down a weedblocking mulch in the autumn which should (in theory) break down into a lovely, plantable tilth by the spring. Sow under cover – this will give you more control over both germination and the early growth of your plants. This is useful at the start of the season when it is too cold to sow directly outside. Early crops like broad beans, peas, kale, leeks and calabrese (broccoli) can be sown in modules and planted out in a few weeks time, once the worst of winter has passed. It might seem like more work than direct sowing, but you will waste less seed, as no thinning will be needed, and if you sow into modules you can plant the plugs out neatly into rows at the correct spacing, without damaging the young plants’ roots. Sow direct – out into the ground once the soil has warmed – but that might not be until April. The key to spotting the right time for direct sowing is to look around for annual weeds. Once the weed seedlings start popping up you’ll know that the soil is warm enough for direct sowing of hardy vegetables. Sow thinly into a prepared seed bed (rake the soil into a fine tilth – like crumble topping) and sow in rows, as this will help you sort the seedlings from the random weedlings. The vegetable seedlings will show up as a straight line among more straggly weeds. Fast crops like beetroot, radish, rocket, salads and those that don’t like root disturbance, such as carrots, parsnips and spinach, are ideal for direct sowing. Buy plug plants – the garden centres are getting better at supplying a wider range of vegetable plants. They sell them in small strips ready to plant out at the correct distance as soon as you get them home. This does save time and is a good option, although you may not get exactly the variety you might choose if you were growing from seed – and it is more expensive. Some early vegetables to kick start the growing season Potatoes – start chitting early potatoes to give them a head start. Chitting is a strange process whereby you place your seed potatoes in the light (egg boxes are useful containers) and wait until little shoots start to grow before planting them outside. Tomatoes – these are not frost hardy, but take a long time to grow and ripen in our climate, so if you have somewhere you can keep them warm and well lit until the frosts have passed (May or June) so much the better. You will need to pot them on several times before then as they grow, so they’ll need plenty of space. Onions and leeks – onions can be planted out 127 surrey-homes.co.uk
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