The Lifestyle Jan - Feb 2023
The January/February edition is here, with lots of hearty, delicious recipes, tips on celebrating Chinese New Year and home and garden advice!
The January/February edition is here, with lots of hearty, delicious recipes, tips on celebrating Chinese New Year and home and garden advice!
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Make sure you feed birds regularly so they<br />
don’t waste energy looking for food<br />
image © Freepik<br />
GARDEN JOBS<br />
Here is a list of jobs you can be getting up to in the garden this month...<br />
1. Recycle your Christmas<br />
tree by shredding it for<br />
mulch<br />
Stack the chippings at the back of a<br />
border for a few months to rot down<br />
before using them to mulch around<br />
trees and shrubs. Pine needles make<br />
a particularly good mulch for acidloving<br />
plants like azaleas.<br />
Berry-yielding shrubs like<br />
cotoneaster are great for birds<br />
2. Clean greenhouses ready<br />
for spring<br />
It may not be the most glamorous<br />
of tasks but cleaning out your<br />
greenhouse and/or cold frame is<br />
important, greatly improving the<br />
growing environment for plants. By<br />
removing any algae, moss and grime<br />
it lets in more light and helps control<br />
pests and diseases too.<br />
3. Dig over any vacant<br />
plots that have not been<br />
dug already<br />
If you have clay soil though it is best<br />
to wait until the soil is dry enough<br />
so that it doesn’t stick to your boots<br />
when you tread on it.<br />
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