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Amateur Gardening
|February 3,2018
Tidy beds and keep them weed-free, says Ruth
THE garden has taken a battering over the winter so, to save time down the line when things are getting busier, I’ve been carrying out some interim plant and bed maintenance.
If you garden on heavy clay it is worth waiting a few weeks to dothis until warmer days when the ground is less claggy.
This story is from the February 3,2018 edition of Amateur Gardening.
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