Runner Beans!

Runner Beans were brought from their native South America early in the 17th century and were grown for many years as ornamental wall-climbing plants before anyone realised just how good they are to eat.
Runner beans need a warm, sunny spot in well-drained soil.
They need support to climb up. The traditional method is to grow them individually up inwardly sloping 2.4m (8ft) tall bamboo canes tied near their tops to a horizontal cane, like an A-frame. In smaller spaces, a wigwam of canes takes up less room and helps produce an ornamental feature.

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Reap Your Harvest!
Soon you will be reaping the benefits of growing your own produce. You garden will provide you with an abundance of wellness, but it needs you to take care of it. Keep up with a strict watering regime and harvest daily. Share your produce with friends, neighbours and work colleagues – Sharing is caring!

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Feed Your Garden!
If you are thinking about how often should you feed your garden, then the short answer is…it depends!

Depending on the fertiliser you use, you can start fertilising your container plants and household plants weekly during summer. pick a day of the week that becomes a routine – garden plants can be fed every two weeks, with landscaped plants every month. Talk to the team at Tui Garden Products for some great advice on fertilisers.
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Snail and Slugs be Gone!
We all love nature but we draw the line sharing our lettuces with slugs and snails. There are some great nature-friendly ways to keep your snails and slugs away, so speak to the team at Palmers Bethlehem for some great advice.

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Vivid Colours!
The garden is a canvas full of colours that come and go. The job of the gardener is to make sure when one flower has finished its work, another steps forward to carry the baton.
Perennials are a great way to add colour and vibrancy to the garden this month. Remember to keep them watered and nurture them with love.

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Smell the Roses!

What a magnificent time of the year – The garden is alive and the roses are in bloom.
Keeping your roses looking great requires deadheading which involves removing faded flowers to divert the plant's energy from producing rose hips, to making more flowers. Deadheading roses will keep them looking their best throughout the season.

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Happy New Year!
The Garden and Art Festival is excited about 2022, it’s the year we bring you the Garden and Art festival in November – There is a lot of planning ahead with some new and exciting initiatives we will be sharing with you later.

For now, have a wonderful New Year ahead - let 2022 be full of good health, wealth and happiness for you and your family.

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Early Stone Fruit

What an unusual end to 2021! Early varieties of stone fruit have made their way to the Christmas fruit bowl, weeks ealier than previous years. The birds love plums and other stone fruit as much as us, so we need to be super vigilant and take some precautions to protect from the birds.

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When to Water Your Garden!
Your morning routine should begin with watering your garden during the summer months! Plants thrive on a morning drink before the long hot day ahead of them. doing so allows the garden time to dry out before nightfall preventing fungal diseases. Also, watering your garden in the morning allows the water to travel to the root systems without being evaporated by the heat of the day.
Not only is watering your garden good for the plants, it’s also good for your state of mind during the very hectic festive season.

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