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Ironically, it’s warmer in a cold frame

March is still a cold month, so if growing plants or protecting seeds outside it is a good idea to have a cold frame. This is a cold frame cartoon, with one worm in a cold frame and the other outsdie, with frost on its nose. The worm in the cold frame says, "It's a cold frame" The other worm says, No good, I'm looking for somewhere warmer to hang out"

There are lots of tasks to start in March, here’s one for you … from The Wrigglers

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Don’t hang about, plant some strawberries now

Tip on grwoing starwberries in a hanging basket to keep them away from the slugs. The cartoon is of two slugs looking at the hanging basket, one slug says, "What are you thinking?" The other slug says, "With 23 thousand slugs in a pyramid, we could be having strawberries for tea."

There are lots of tasks to start in March, here’s one for you … from The Wrigglers

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Are you ericaceous or are ericautious?

Some plants like an ericaceous compost. In this cartoon two worms are looking at a bag of ericaceous compost, one says, 'Can we make that?" The other work says,we can, don't be so ericautious

There are lots of tasks to start in March, here’s one for you … from The Wrigglers

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Get a March on, a week of tasks in the garden …

a cartoon about slugs waking up in march and finding eggshells around their plants – one slug asks, "did you order eggs with your hosta?

There are lots of tasks to start in March, here’s one for you … from The Wrigglers

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Say ‘There’s a good shrub’ – and prune your dogwood

hard pruning dogwood and other plants with colourful bark. You can hard prune these plants to get colourful regrowth that will add colour to you plant and garden the following winter. The dogwood image is of a plant that has been hard pruned. The worm says, "That's a hard prune." The other worm says, "if it was easy, everyone would be doing it"

There are lots of tasks to start in March, here’s one for you … from The Wrigglers

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Smart way to smarten up your pots and containers

March is the time to smarten up your pots - refresh the soil on the top layer, for example. The cartoon is of two worms having dressed up for the occasion, one is wearing a bow tie, the other a 'wormsie'

There are lots of tasks to start in March, here’s one for the The Wrigglers

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Drawing composters for #cartoon strip backdrops

A worm’s eye view of composting – coming to a cartoon near you soon!