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GARDENING

IT'S SUMMERTIME!

Spend more time in your garden this month to keep
feeding fast growing plants and lawns. It’s time to also add
lots of summer colour to your flower beds. Pretty up your
entertainment area with beautiful flowering plants.

COLOURFUL PLANTS FOR THIS TIME
OF THE YEAR ARE:
Petunias: very pretty and perky in the flower bed
Portulaca: low, but spreads quickly
Celosia: colourful and long-lasting summer plants
Dianthus: guaranteed to brighten any summer
garden
Salvia: excellent for summer and makes a bold,
colourful statement
Marigolds: long-lasting and heat tolerant
Zinnia: Sowing seeds or planting seedlings will
bring in amazing colour
WHAT TO DO IN YOUR GARDEN
For a healthy garden keep feeding frequently and
watering your veggies and flowers to strengthen
them against pests.

LAWN CARE
Feed your lawn with contour compost and water
well. Mow regularly.
Purchase contour compost, this is the best
compost on the market. It is organic and much
healthier for the environment.

Other products you can purchase are:
• Worm compost
• Fine compost
• Vermin+
• Lawn dressing
• Mulch
• Vermi pellets Article source Turfnet

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