Buy this year's young plants at the Country Life Nursery (link to www.countrylife.co.uk/nursery) for top quality plants and flowers delivered straight to your door
The good gardener is always busy laying the foundations for future glory. Now is the time to sow many seeds for summer bedding plants, such as Begonia and Lobelia, in a heated glasshouse, preferably with the luxury of some bottom heat. Tiny, dust-like seeds such as these need a little extra care. Sieve a cover-ing of extra-fine compost over the filled tray, mix the seeds with silver sand and tap the mixture lightly across the finished surface. Stand the tray in 1in of water until the surface begins to glisten, et voilà!
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Alan Titchmarsh: 'It’s all too easy to become swamped by the ‘to-do’ list, but give yourself a little time to savour the moment'Easter is a turning point in the calendar, says Alan Titchmarsh, a 'clarion call' to 'get out there and sow and plant'.
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Rodel House: The Georgian marvel in the heart of the Outer HebridesAn improving landlord in the Outer Hebrides created a remote Georgian house that has just undergone a stylish, but unpretentious remodelling, as Mary Miers reports. Photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life.
