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Autumn's the time to plant APEX
After the ravages of prolonged hot als, which flower year after a year, QUALITY SHEDS
weather and draught, many gar- and they have lots of these. BUILDING &
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'Al HELP KEEP UNWANTED ELEMENTS OUT!
Garden Club decides to continue /4
West Swindon's Gardening Club continue the club for the next three
attracted a few new members to its months to see if more people can be
annual meeting on 10 September. brought in. with
Due to a fall in interest, there were The next meeting takes place on
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Claire Beaton considers some of the jobs that need
to be done over the next few weeks
The autumn is rushing upon us green again and soften the turf.
without allowinga moments pause After last year's dry summer, I
to enjoy a slow change of leaf col- did not find time to spike the lawn
our. In a short few weeks, we must with a border fork and so even last Al HANDIHIRE
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what! hope is going to be a good, A perfectionist would also top dress __J(D
rainy winter. with a mix of sand and compost, so
First, I must clear the borders of that all the cracks and holes were
the dying bedd ing plants, fork over filled. It's something I have only
the cracked soil so the clods of clay ever found the time to do once in
do not set solid during the winter ten years however!
and add a dollop of compost. The One thing the lawn should not
beds will then be ready for me to need though, is feeding. It has not
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