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11/05/2014
With Blair Jacobs and Doug Stewart. The weekly gardening phone-in and outdoor features. Call Hull 01482 225959 or Grimsby 01472 340959 (both national rate); text 81333 and start your message with RH; email greenfingers@bbc.co.uk.
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Sun 11 May 2014
08:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio Humberside
Seven Jobs for Seven Days
Each week on 蜜芽传媒 Radio Humberside our resident gardening expert, Doug Stewart, gives you seven jobs for seven days to help keep your garden in tip top condition.
1. Prune back spring flowering shrubs that have finished flowering, to encourage the to produce strong new growth.
2. Talking of pruning, we are enjoying watching our garden birds darting, (with beaks filled with tasty morsels) to their nests; which reminds us to check very carefully for nesting birds before pruning.
3. We will also be having a glass of beer, however this only so that we can share the rest of the bottle with our slugs, the mild winter and wet spring means that there are more of these pesky creatures around than ever, and beer traps are good ways of killing them.
4. We are also hardening our hearts as we remove the spring bedding plants (which in truth are looking a little bit tired now) to make way for summer bedding, which can be planted out shortly.
5. Continue to make sowings of vegetables, including carrots, dwarf French beans, courgettes, luscious salad leaves and beetroot.
6. While we are in the vegetable garden, pull soil up around our potato shoots to protect them from any late frosts.
7. Finally, take time out of working in our own garden to visit 鈥溾�� for both the inspiration and the cups of tea and home baked cakes!
1. Prune back spring flowering shrubs that have finished flowering, to encourage the to produce strong new growth.
2. Talking of pruning, we are enjoying watching our garden birds darting, (with beaks filled with tasty morsels) to their nests; which reminds us to check very carefully for nesting birds before pruning.
3. We will also be having a glass of beer, however this only so that we can share the rest of the bottle with our slugs, the mild winter and wet spring means that there are more of these pesky creatures around than ever, and beer traps are good ways of killing them.
4. We are also hardening our hearts as we remove the spring bedding plants (which in truth are looking a little bit tired now) to make way for summer bedding, which can be planted out shortly.
5. Continue to make sowings of vegetables, including carrots, dwarf French beans, courgettes, luscious salad leaves and beetroot.
6. While we are in the vegetable garden, pull soil up around our potato shoots to protect them from any late frosts.
7. Finally, take time out of working in our own garden to visit 鈥溾�� for both the inspiration and the cups of tea and home baked cakes!
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- Sun 11 May 2014 08:00蜜芽传媒 Radio Humberside