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From my garden -
I hope that you are enjoying the ‘extra’ time you have to get on top of your gardening jobs, including the ones that you usually put off! I enjoy growing sweet peas, so I thought I would share with you how mine are looking at the moment and how I go about growing them.
The plants in the photo were to be grown for exhibition and so are grown up canes in cordon style. The seeds were Autumn sown; I subsequently sowed more seeds at intervals for later flowers – that’s the theory anyway! They are ‘tied in’ as they climb up the canes. Plants for exhibition have their tendrils removed and the side-
The perennial problem is -
I also grow sweet peas for cutting and decoration, these can be grown on wigwams of sticks, nets or supported by twigs for a more natural look. They are allowed to grow naturally, that is the tendrils and side-
As you most likely will be aware our Bewdley Annual Show takes place every August. So here is your chance to have a go and enter your sweet peas. Also, why not share with other members what you have been doing in your gardens recently by sending your write-
Christmas tip for using fruit that's pass its sell-
I had some apples and oranges that were pass their sell-
Just slice them and lay them on some foil on the top of the radiator until they dry out. Mine took about 4 days. I`ll probable tread some garden wire through them to bunch them together and attach them to my Christmas wreath or hang in my kitchen. I also dried a lemon off my own lemon tree. Just hope I can keep my lemon tree through its first winter.
Diane Chater