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On this page you will find useful information on looking after your garden and practical home tips.
Handy Household Hints
Removing red wine stains
Did you know, that you can remove red wine stains with soda water?
Removing chewing gum
Put ice cubes into a plastic bag, place on top the chewing gum to harden it and slowly scrape the gum off.
House smells of cooking, dog, etc
Next time you vacuum, add a cotton wool ball soaked with a few drops of aromatherapy oil, like geranium or lavender into your vacuum cleaner bag. The smell will be gone and a beautiful scent has been added.
Lily Pollen stains
Gently dab a cello tape onto the stain.
The pollen will stick to the tape.
Do not rub.
Here comes the sun! Enjoy your garden this summer by following some of the useful tips below.
November
Prepare ground for hedges and plant out early in the month.
Finish weeding & turning beds and leave for weathering over winter.
Plant out hardy perrenial seedlings and dig over beds for next years annuals adding a mix of rotted manure.
Remove old leaves from your pond and thin out oxygenating plants.
Plant out any roses and mix in some bone-meal or peat to the surrounding soil.
Plant fruit trees and bushes, and prune established trees.
Firm down any newly planted plants which may have been lifted by frost.
Dress any heavy soil with lime.
Regularly rake and remove leaves and fallen debris from beds.
Great Gardening web sites:
The Royal Horticultural Society
The Inside-Out Gardening Site
Gardening News
This content is from the Telegraph website
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