Gardener's Calendar

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• Remove any snow from the branches of young trees so they don’t snap under the weight.
• Prune any fruit trees you have around the garden.
• Make plans for future expansion of your garden, whether landscaping or choosing what new shrubs to plant.
• Leave out feed for birds such as sunflower seeds, peanuts and fatballs, all available from Hygeia’s Wild Bird Care range.
• Prepare a diary to record your success & failures in the coming year.

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• Sow summer cabbage inside and broad beans outside
  near the end of the month.
• Sow early carrots near the end of the month also.
• If the weather is good, sow some summer flowers.
• If you have rhubarb already planted, force it by covering a crown
  of rhubarb for eight weeks with a dustbin or large container. (This will encourage the rhubarb to grow earlier and will taste sweeter.)

• Prune bushes, trees and other plants around the garden.
• Aerate your lawn with a pitch fork.
• While you are waiting for the growing season, make sure to clean the drains around your house
• Use Mosgo on your patio, paths and drive to kill moss in that area.

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• Brussels sprouts, carrots (if you haven’t already), leek, onions, parsnips, shallots, radishes and most importantly potatoes.
• Please ensure that you protect your crops from frost by covering with a fabric
• Sow courgette indoors

• Mow your lawn, make sure you cut it at a high setting as it has not been mowed since last Autumn.
• Remove any weeds from beds or the lawn.
• Use Hygeia Potato & Vegetable Fertiliser to help your crops grow.
• Use Mosgo Path & Patio Cleaner to remove dirt, moss, stains & algae growth on your paths and patio

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• Sow Dwarf French beans, runner beans, sweetcorn & tomatoes indoors.
• Spinach, shallots, radishes, potatoes, peas, parsnips, lettuce, leeks, onions, garlic, carrots, Brussels sprouts & beetroot.
• Move summer cabbage outdoors

• To protect your garden crops from slugs & snails, use Hygeia Slug Pellets.
• Use Hygeia Lawn Feed, Weed & Mosskiller to boost your lawn and keep it healthy.
• Re-pot any old house plants to rejuvenate them.
• Use Hygeia Plant Food on your plants, vegetables & flowers to build up their strength.
  
• Use Hytrol Total Weedkiller to control weeds on paths, drives and patios.

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• In mid May, move the Dwarf French beans, courgette, sweetcorn & runner bean outside and plant when conditions are good.
• Move your tomatoes outside, (if you need to, make sure they are the outdoor variety otherwise leave indoors.)
• Beetroot, sprouting broccoli, spinach, radishes, peas, winter cabbage & carrots.

• Use Hygeia Tomato Food on your tomatoes to ensure healthier fruit.
• Use Hygeia Rose Food on your roses
• Ensure your planting of shrubs for the year ahead has been completed.
• Use Hygeia Green Fly Spray to protect your vegetables, can be used indoors & outdoors.
• Choose from our range of Matabi Sprayers for ease in spraying all sorts of treatments.

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• Peas, spinach, radishes, lettuce, carrots, sprouting broccoli, winter cabbage & beetroot.

• Use Hygeia Garden Caterpillar Spray on vegetables & fruit crops to protect them.
• If the weather is very dry, keep your flowers, plants and crops well watered with our Claber Watering Range.
• Use Hytrol Lawn Weedkiller to control all major weeds on your lawn.
• Keep your flowers well fed with Hygeia Plant Food.

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• Beetroot, radishes, peas, lettuce & carrots.

• Use Hytrol Dandelion & Daisy Weedkiller on your lawn.
• Prune fruit trees
• Ensure your tomatoes are well watered and fed using Hygeia Tomato Food.
• Defend your crops from slugs and snails with Hygeia Slug Pellets.
• Mow your lawn regularly.

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• Lettuce & radishes

• Keep plants & shrubs well watered if dry.
• To kill moss on tarmac, stone, concrete surfaces, slates & tiled roofs, use Mosgo.
• Use Hygeia Bug Spray on indoors & outdoors flowers, roses and plants.
• Prune and clip evergreen hedges.
• Ensure your roses are well fed with Hygeia Rose Food.

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• Radishes.

• Use Hygeia Autumn Lawn Feed at the end of September to strengthen your lawn.
• Prune rose bushes.
• Strengthen young plants with Hygeia Plant Food before the weather becomes colder.

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• Rake your garden
• Burn any diseased garden debris. (turn over a few times to ensure there are no hedgehogs in it preparing to hibernate.)
• Select different products and feed from Hygeia’s Wild Bird Care range to ensure birds are well fed during the cold weather.

• Onions, parsnips, radishes, Dwarf French beans, runner beans, beetroot, winter cabbage, carrots, Brussels sprouts, leeks, spinach, tomatoes, peas, garlic, leeks, courgettes & lettuce.
• Consider storing your cabbage in a deep freezer for the winter so you can avail of it whenever you want.

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• Winter can be a good time to plant trees.

• As the cold sets in, you can tidy and clean your garden.
• Rake any debris up and clean out your garden shed.
• Select different products and feed from Hygeia’s Wild Bird Care range to ensure birds are well fed during the cold weather.
• Use Hygeia Bug Spray to remove any overcrowding aphids.

• Parsnips, winter cabbage, Brussels sprouts & leeks.

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• Relax and wait for the weather to improve!
• Don’t forget to keep feeding the birds in your garden with products from Hygeia’s Wild Bird Care range.
• Select different products and feed from Hygeia’s Wild Bird Care range to ensure birds are well fed during the cold weather.
• Get your seed cabbage.
• Plan next years harvest

• Parsnips, winter cabbage, Brussels sprouts & leeks.