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Plant winter crops, transplant trees and shrubs, sow a mini meadow and fall in love with heirloom apples THE RIGHT MOVES
If you have evergreen trees or shrubs in the wrong spot, now is your chance to transplant them. Here are the dos and dont's of moving that root ball with minimum stress for you and the tree!
SOW A MINI MEADOW
Angus Stewart loves a native wildflower meadow, and shows how to create a small taste of one in your home garden, no matter how tight the space.
THE BIG CHILL
There are frosts and there are frosts. Tim Entwisle explains how different levels of frost affect plants, and provides a handy list of plants that are genuinely able to take a black frost or two.
A HEDGE WITHOUT HOLES
Do you have a tired old hedge that needs rejuvenating? Learn the horticultural technique of hedgelaying, in which the trunk and stems are bent and trained to close those gaps.
EGGS IN EXCESS
Chris Murphy, manager of INXS, has turned his talent for managing free-range rock stars to managing free-range chooks. He talks about his return to the land, and his love for roses and citrus. We also include some recipes and Easter activities for when you have 'eggs in excess'.
GROW FOOD, AND LOTS OF IT
It's time to get your winter vegies in - crops such as carrots, broccoli and broad beans, that enjoy the still-warm soil. Pop in some garlic for a Christmas harvest, put in seeds or seedlings of coriander - it loves the cool - and set up a mushroom farm wherever you have space.
HEIRLOOM APPLES
It happened overnight for Justin Russell: a compulsion to grow apples. He has dozens of old varieties, some espaliered and others freestanding, and shares his growing advice for these staple fruits, which can be grown successfully in all zones but the tropics.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
- What exactly is liquid seaweed, and how does it strengthen plants?
- Kathy Bafile writes about the science of sand, and the challenges of gardening on it.
- Michael McCoy profiles the traditional techniques of coppicing and pollarding.
- Naturalist Martyn Robinson joins the magazine, writing about the little guys in our gardens.
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