Page 23 - FWG Issue 3 April 2024

Gardening
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April in the garden

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Photo by Tania Malréchauffé

GARDEN CHORES FOR THIS MONTH sowing sweet peas so you can look forward spray for downy mildew during cool, damp
o Overseed lawns that get frost in winter. to filling your home with these fragrant periods.
Aerate compacted lawns every few years blooms in spring. • Spike lawn areas with a garden fork where
using a spike roller or a garden fork. Water the soil is compacted to allow time for the
in Vermi-pellets. NEATEN UP grass to recover before the cold season
o Split large clumps of rhizomatous and • Prune hedges into shape. begins. Use a spike roller every few years
bulbous clump-forming plants like • Deadhead spent rose blooms to encourage to aerate your lawn if there’s extensive
watsonias, wild garlic, dietes (wild iris) and more flowers - and use a preventative compacting.
agapanthus. Divide overcrowded or tired-
looking groundcovers and perennials
like gaura, perennial lobelia and phlox;
replant the younger outer growth in well- GARDENER
prepared soil.
o Clean out water features and paint if OF THE MONTH
required.
Our gardener of the month is
Malane Matemane.
ON YOUR TO-DO LIST FOR APRIL
PLANT AND SOW He is always willing to help with
• Plant easy-to-grow beauties such as any duty given to him. He has
calendulas, primulas, poppies, pansies and worked hard this month with the
violas, and Namaqualand daisies.
• Sow vegetables such as broad beans, peas, cleaning of the roads and hard
surfaces within Fourways Gardens
cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, onions, and on a weekly basis. Well done,
turnips.
SCAN ME • Harvest root vegetables such as potatoes, Malane, for always willing to help
with anything in the Fourways
TO SHOP ONLINE beetroot, and carrots. Dry them out over a Gardens Estate, and thank you.
few days and then store them.
• Now’s the time to prepare your beds for
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