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Birstall Garden and Leisure online catalogue . Shopping with us |
 Package Deals               Garden Solutions ... The good gardening guide - garden solutions, plant care facts and products. Identify pests and diseases - recognize the symptoms and find the remedy. Hose Fittings ... These Hozelock watering products make using water outside your home simple, reliable and effective. The system is based on quick connecting fittings that allow you to snap connect hoses and accessories to each other and to your water supply. Automatic Watering Systems ... Automatic watering is a simple network of pipes that carry the water around the garden, and outlets that deliver it to the plants. Most systems can be installed in a few hours and all can be extended as your garden grows. The ornamental garden ... Seeds such as candytuft, lobelia, lupins, nasturtium, wild flower mixtures and poppy can be sown directly into the border where they are to flower or for thinning and planting into final positions later. In good weather sweet peas can also be sown outdoors now ... more Fruit and vegetables ... Carrots such as Amsterdam forcing and early Nantes can be sown at intervals through to early summer ... see the seed shop for easy on-line seed ordering. Try and sow early crops in a sheltered position as this gives some protection from carrot root fly. Other seeds to sow include broad beans, broccoli, cabbages, Brussels sprouts, leeks, onions, parsnips, lettuce, peas, radish and cauliflower. Germinating seedlings need nitrogen for vigorous growth, phosphate for root development and potash for hardiness ... more The lawn ... Apply a nitrogenous spring and summer lawn fertilizer, combined with a moss killer or weed killer, if required. The nitrogen content will quickly encourage a lush green lawn. Rake and scarify the lawn to remove moss and thatch. Mowing should be carried out as necessary, the frequency will depend on the weather, but once a week is ideal, keeping the blades at a medium height 2cm for a luxury lawn and 2.5cm minimum for a utility lawn ... more  The greenhouse & conservatory ... Cuttings of fuchsias, pelargoniums, chrysanthemums, geraniums and helichrysum from stock plants can be taken and rooted in posts or trays of compost after first dipping in rooting powder. Sow half hardy and tender annuals in a heated propagator. Seeds of salads such as tomato, lettuce, pepper and greenhouse cucumber, can be sown in preparation for planting into growing bags or open ground in mid spring as the greenhouse empties. Sow mustard and cress indoors ... growing guide .... more Houseplant care ... See details in the ... garden diary Water gardening ... Pond planting can begin this month - plant enough for a third of the pool surface to be covered to maintain a healthy balance. Begin feeding every few days when fish start to come to the surface. April is also an ideal month to install a biological filter system or to check out your existing filter to prevent water quality problems later in the season. See the water gardening pages for more details. Online shopping - food and sundries are available in the aquatics department. |
