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May 15, 2019

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Sweet peas are, as their name suggests, very sweet not only in production but in fragrance, however, it’s the annual varieties that are known for their amazing scent. You can also get perennial sweet peas that come back year after year, but many of these aren’t that fragrant. Thankfully growing them is quite simple. They are easy to grow from seed, planting in autumn and overwintering them in a cold greenhouse or cold frame. You…

Apple trees should be pruned yearly, usually between November and early March when it has dropped all of their leaves for the winter. You want to remove around 10-20% of the overall canopy evenly, and this should only consist of around 10-20 cuts. Remember that around 10-20% of the canopy is between 10 and 20 cuts in total. This idea is to remove some of the previous year’s growth but leave plenty of growth that…

A handful of tips to control the weeds in your garden before they become a problem Effective weed control is paramount and preventing weeds in the first place is actually much easier than trying to remove them. A few ways to help prevent weeds include using a mulch to block out sunlight, only watering the base of plants and not the whole flowerbed, spraying weeds when they are just seedlings instead of letting them establish,…