Your Village Hordle April May 2019

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EVERTON NURSERIES GARDEN CENTRE & Camellias Restaurant The New Forest’s leading, family run, garden centre, offering you the quality and choice from our own 25 acre nursery. Whether you’re looking for bulbs & bedding or trees & shrubs, we are sure to have something to suit your needs. Our knowledgeable staff are always on hand to help and advise. If it’s a gift you are after, then why not come along and browse our houseplants or gift area. There are lots of lovely ideas. And after all that shopping rest awhile in Camellias with a slice of cake and a cuppa, or even one of our home cooked lunches. Everton, nr. Lymington, SO41 0JZ Tel: 01590 642155 www.evertonnurseries.co.uk Nick Wells Fencing & Gardening Services Fencing, gates, repairs, turfing, raised flower beds, sleeper walls, shed building & repair, car ports, decking………& much more. Family run business - Fully insured Free, no obligation quotes References available W: www.facebook.com/ nickwellsfencingandgardening T: 01425 837966 M: 07770 656072 E: nickwells908@gmail.com 12 To advertise email: jqpeacock@gmail.com, or call 01590 643969 / 07801 562358
Hordle Gardening Club It’s Spring! It’s that time of year when we’re seeing green tips appearing on the winter branches of our trees and shrubs, and I’m thinking of all the things I should have done in the garden last autumn, so am now playing catchup – here’s hoping for some sunny days ahead. If you need some ideas or motivation, then Hordle Gardening Club is introducing some new initiatives and ideas this year, including our new look newsletter, spring seedling sales idea, and opening our gardens through the year for members only. We have already started our 2019 meetings with a talk on ‘Your Lawn’ presented by Wilf Simcox, who certainly gave me lots of useful information to help me improve my lawn. Here’s a snapshot:- The lawn plant grows from the bottom, so mowing only takes off the older part of the leaf. We should aim to remove 1/3 of the grass at a mowing, with ideally no colour change afterwards. It doesn’t matter if we over mow or if it dries out as it will recover. Ensure your mower’s blade is sharp and cutting at the right height 1.5 – 2inches for normal lawns. Collect as much of the cut grass as possible, otherwise it rots and encourages moss. Wilf went on to explain why we find certain weeds in our lawns. Moss occurs if the lawn is shady and wet or of low fertility – so feed the grass so it can ‘out-compete’ the moss. Clover makes its own nitrogen, so use a fertiliser high in nitrogen to swamp it out. Speedwell, yarrow and plantain and others indicate poor management, however most can be controlled by scarifying, spiking the ground and over seeding in autumn. I’m looking forward to our March talk - ‘Growing Vegetables’ with Kelvin Mason, when I hope to pick up some tips and advice. This year I’m determined to grow more to be more self-sufficient, banana shallots and garlic went in before Christmas, and am now seed sowing. I don’t have a greenhouse so the windowsills will be full with seedlings. Our regular meetings are on the fourth Friday the month at the Hordle Pavilion at 7pm, and feature a talk on a variety of subjects throughout the year - learn and be entertained, as well as enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and biscuit, and chat with like-minded locals. We’re all amateurs – some (me) - more amateur than others. We also arrange visits to other gardens or trips further afield through the summer. We engage in a bit of friendly rivalry at our ‘closed’ Show (ie members only) showing off the products of our garden labours. We have social events throughout the year. If you’d like to come along as a guest to one of our meetings (£3) check the diary page in this magazine for the upcoming dates, alternatively check our website www.hordlegardeningclub.co.uk or you can email hordlegardeningclub@outlook.com . Annual membership is just £7. We hope to see you soon! Please mention Your Village when responding to advertisements 13
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