Month: August 2011

Labels

Just a little tip for labelling plants.   I use cut up aluminium venetian blinds for my labels. This advice is useful for them, for plastic labels or any other media you use.   Get a proper garden marker, tag pen…

June

June Chappell, centre, member of the Canterbury Horticultural Society for over 60 years helps cut the cake at the Society’s 150th Jubilee dinner. There will not be too many Horticultural Societies older than this I guess.    June was secretary…

Narcissus fly control

Narcissus fly can be eliminated virtually completely–I am tempted to say 100%–by using imidacloprid. It is sold in granular form as a grub killer for lawns. This chemical persists in the soil for about two months, according to the label,…