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allotment cartoon Tasks in the garden the wrigglers worms

Some gentle advice when dividing your perennials

Post author By Simon the worm
Post date 11th March 2021
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Gardening cartoon from the wrigglers. Dividing perennials is a job to be done while the plants are dormant, and before they wake up for Spring. The advice is to try gently dividing to start with , and when all else fails use an axe. One worm says to the other, lose th gntle approach for tougher roots

There are lots of reasons to feed your soil – improving it for better flower and crop production is one!

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allotment Tasks in the garden

Planting summer bulbs, Can I? Can’t I? is the question.

Post author By Simon the worm
Post date 10th March 2021
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March is a good time to plant your spring flowering bulbs. This a cartoon shares the tip that you should wait til the soil is 12 gerees in telpaerature. One work says to the other worm, canna (meaning the bulb) which the other work replies, only if the soil is 12 degrees or more

There are lots of reasons to feed your soil – improving it for better flower and crop production is one!

Tags alliums, bulbs, canna, cartoon, garden pests, garden tasks, gardening, gladioli, summer bulbs, the wrigglers, worms, zerotohero

allotment cartoon Tasks in the garden the wrigglers worms

Ready, get set, set!

Cartoon about spacing your onion sets 10 cms apart – roughly the size of an average eartworm – one worm says to the other, On no account should an earthworm be a replacement for a ruler

There are lots of reasons to feed your soil – improving it for better flower and crop production is one!

Tags garden pests, garden tasks, gardening, onion sets, onions, zerotohero

allotment cartoon Tasks in the garden the wrigglers worms

Don’t yawn! The slugs are starting to wake up

Post author By Simon the worm
Post date 8th March 2021
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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 reasons to feed your soil – improving it for better flower and crop production is one!

Tags garden pests, garden tasks, gardening, slug repellant, slugs, zerotohero

cartoon Tasks in the garden the wrigglers worms

Good time to catch up: housekeeping task 4

Post author By Simon the worm
Post date 10th December 2020
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December is a dormant month – great time to catch up on tasks and a bit of housekeeping in the garden

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Tasks in the garden

What’s up doc? housekeeping task 3

Post author By Simon the worm
Post date 9th December 2020
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December is a dormant month – great time to catch up on tasks and a bit of housekeeping in the garden

Tags garden pests, garden tasks, gardening, zerotohero

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