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Harvest beans, peas, sweetcorn, tomatoes and carrots |
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Collect seeds of flowering plants when ready |
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Gateshead FS |
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| Harvest swiss chard for their white stems - boil and serve
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Gather herbs for drying |
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Clean up strawberry beds after harvest |
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| Stop feeding roses, remove suckers, mulch around base of
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| Begin lifting oinios and store in a dry, airy place |
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Sow spring cabbage in seedbeds |
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| Take semi-ripe cuttings of rosemary and thyme |
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Remove broken branches and dead wood from fruit trees |
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Prune wisteria |
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Lift and pot half-hardy perennials |
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Southport Flower Show |
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| Tie celery stalks, wrap in newspaper and begin earthing up to
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Take cuttings of lavender |
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Prune blackcurrants after harvest |
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Take cuttings of fuschia and pelargoniums |
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| Take semi-ripewood cuttings of shrubs |
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| Southend summer
garden show |
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vegetables |
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herbs |
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fruit |
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ornamentals |
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