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Key events in the garden (2016)
- Feb 22: Seeds sown for greenhouse chilies
- Feb 24: Gardener fells the magnolia that was damaged by snowfall last year and prunes the willow tree
- Mar 19: First family workday in the garden; pruned the apple espalier and started the spring cleaning
- Mar 27: Chilies re-potted and tomatoes sown
- Apr 1: Rose hedge trimmed (down to 30-40 cms, significantly shorter than previous years)
- Apr 9: First Rhododendron blooming (Cilpinense)
- Some weeks with cold and uninspiring weather,
- Apr 28: First lawn mowing
- May 1: Moved Hamamelis to new spot on house’ north side
- May 7: Prepared greenhouse, laid potatoes, moved white canadense to (hopefully) better spot and Pieris to new spot
- May 8: Chilies and tomatoes moved to greenhouse; Raised bed prepared for sowing
- Jun 30: First potatoes ready
- Jul 4: Berries are ripe
- Aug 4: Wisteria pruned
- Oct 20: Lawn mowed for the last time
- Nov 12: Planted crabapple, magnolias, syringa and forsythias