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SLUGS:
I've already suggested surrounding plants with sharp grit,
smearing vaseline around pots and sitting them in trays of
water. Different
types of slug pellets are available, including those harmless
to pets, or you can buy nematodes, which are a biological
control for slugs, and water these into the raised beds and
pots - you'll need to do this every 6 weeks during the growing
season. The best bet, which is achievable in a small garden,
is to go out after dusk with a torch, and you'll be able to
catch the little blighters in action.You
can then dispose of them as you wish (I won't go into details
here, but drowning works fairly well and is less messy than
other methods!)
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The
London Courtyard
planting
plan
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Having
created most of the garden herself, Maureen wanted to draw up her
own planting plan.
I do
this by drawing up a table, with 5 headings: spring, summer, autumn,
winter and all-year, and then go through the list of shrubs I've
selected as being able to cope with the site, entering them in the
appropriate columns according to their season/s of interest.
Aucuba,
or spotted laurel, for example, would go in the 'all year' column,
since it has golden foliage all year round.
I do
the same thing with the perennials, and then ensure that plants
are grouped around the garden so that in each part of the garden
there is interested all year round.
Try
to position winter interest plants near windows you look out of
a lot, since you may not spend much time outside!
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