LIFESTYLE NEWS - It's wet. It's cold. We know. But that is all the more reason to put some groundwork in to brighten up your garden for when the sun does (eventually) emerge.
Add life to a winter garden by planting cool season bedding plants like alyssum, calendula, dianthus, lobelia, nemesia, pansies, sweet peas and violas.
Plant pretty liliums, azaleas and camellias in dappled shade.
Feed
Feed lemon trees with 3:1:5 or 8:1:5. Correct yellowing leaves with a micro element mixture like Trelmix.Feed bulbs with bulb food and winter and spring-flowering seedlings (3:1:5) once every two weeks. Water weekly.
Check the edges of your sweet peas if they look brown and papery, feed them with 3:1:5.
Additionally, the cooler temperatures and frequent rain of winter provide perfect lawn growing conditions. Here are a few things you can do to help your lawn along this winter.
• Pave the way: Consider laying paving stones in areas of your lawn that become very soggy and waterlogged, especially if they are high traffic areas.
• Use the rain: Buy a few bags of compost and store them in your garage. Wait until just before a few days of heavy rain are predicted and then cover your entire lawn with the compost. The winter rain will help it soak in well and your lawn will respond with glorious growth in spring.
Source: www.all4women.co.za
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