Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Holiday programme:<br />
1 - 20 <strong>Dec</strong>ember.<br />
A fiesta of colour for the festive season includes hot pink, fiery<br />
fuchsia, sizzling orange and knockout yellows, making summer<br />
more colourful and vibrant. The festive season tends to be busy<br />
and keeping your garden fresh may be the last thing on your<br />
mind. However, your garden and plants don’t have to take a back<br />
seat with these easy tips.<br />
If you have indoor plants like Impatiens ‘Clockwork’ (a potimpatiens<br />
with a wide colour range, including the two-tone Pink<br />
Star and Orange Stripe) invest in a good quality potting mix and<br />
controlled-release fertiliser. Keep soil moist but not waterlogged.<br />
Water the pots once a day and spray with a liquid fertiliser once a<br />
month.<br />
Water your plants in the early morning or late in the afternoon to<br />
minimise evaporation. Lightly mulch beds to keep roots cool and<br />
moist for longer. Mulch is any material that is spread or laid over<br />
the surface of the soil as a covering. It is used to retain moisture<br />
in the soil, suppress weeds, keep the soil cool, and make the<br />
garden bed look more attractive.<br />
The festive season tends to have hot, dry weather which can<br />
affect the grass. Minimise mowing the lawn in the morning or<br />
afternoons and rather opt to mow in the evenings when the sun<br />
is down. This helps keep the moisture in the roots.<br />
Trim off dead flowers to encourage new flowers. In addition,<br />
fertilise annuals and perennials with an organic granular fertiliser<br />
in mid-<strong>Dec</strong>ember.<br />
If you’re going on holiday, spread a 1-2cm layer of mulch over<br />
the soil to conserve moisture while you are away. Before leaving,<br />
don’t fertilise anything as your plants will need water regularly<br />
and it will lead to new growth while you’re away.<br />
Pinch off all buds and new growth on the roses. This also saves<br />
water. Spray the roses with Ludwig’s Insect Spray and Chronos (a<br />
fungicide) to repel pests and to prevent black spot while you are<br />
away.<br />
If you’ve gone on holiday for a long period, your grass would<br />
likely have grown a few inches. Don’t mow the lawn in a single<br />
mowing but rather mow it gradually. Mowing it too short will<br />
result in weakening or even killing it.<br />
Lots of fun<br />
and activities<br />
• Sand Art<br />
(9:00 -17:00 Everyday)<br />
Esta 081 383 7904<br />
• Cupcake <strong>Dec</strong>oration<br />
(10:00 -15:00 Wednesday to Sunday)<br />
Sugar Art 079 948 5543<br />
• Make your own jewellery<br />
(10h00 -12h00 Everyday)<br />
(10h00 -13h00 Saturdays)<br />
Marjone 072 573 9211<br />
Visit our Facebook page for<br />
detailed programme<br />
www.prettygardenslc.co.za<br />
getitmagazine.co.za/bloemfontein
Change language