"Rocky"

Busy, busy in the garden nearly March sow your tomatoes, cucumbers in the greenhouse. Chitt the potatoes we have got loads in stock.

I have just purchased a massive quantity of Wild flower seed (Nova-Flore) for all of you naturalists! who have a patch to dedicate to wildlife in the corner of the garden, they say its guaranteed to flower if sown correctly, we can advise.

Now hopefully we have passed the really severe weather it’s a good time to get some planting and re arranging of plants done prior to the heat of an early season.

If ever you need any help we will be pleased to assist.

Regards,

Ashley

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Spring is just around the corner, yesterday I picked up the first scent of the new season, how exciting! Potatoes earlies, Jersey Royals could be planted in the next week to 10 days. Get them chitting in a cool frost free shed/garage.

The cold weather has supressed the amount of people we have seen over the last week, so we have been able to get on with treating our poultry houses. A good pasting of creosote helps preserve the wood and kills the mites.

"Mashing the mites"

We have stocked up on watering cans and water buts following the news that there may be a drought this summer, all the more reason to mulch the shrub beds to keep in the moisture, increase the organic matter and fertility.

You can colour up your Garden with vibrant Primulets, these ones have been through all the cold weather and still look great.

"Colour up your garden"

Look forward to seeing you soon

Regards

Ashley

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"Open for business"

You could prune the fruit trees and roses if you want to brave the cold.

Planning the vegetable garden is a great idea. It is nearly time to plant your early tomatoes, cucumbers in a warm greenhouse or kitchen window. You could plant your early potatoes in a pot in a warm greenhouse and benefit from very early earlies, have your own “Jersey Royals”.

Having a crop rotation in your veg patch is an advantage, this will prevent a build-up of pest and disease in one area of the garden severely reducing yield and successful cropping. You really need a minimum of a 3 year rotation depending on what you are growing. Any questions give us a call we are here to help.

"Dream on"

Look forward to seeing you

Ashley

PS  Jacqui has made some fantastic homemade soup in the Cafe

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Fleece your bedding, cover up or move to shelter your tender plants, Olives, Camellias, Phormiums, Cordyline, Pittosporum and Ceanothus if out in the open, not against the wall can be vulnerable.

Our seed potatoes are in stock in the shop so that they don’t freeze.

We have got sheep in the field grazing the grass, they will only be there for a few weeks. While they are with us the gates are tied up, we did have an incident last week with sheep all over the A5 due to the gates not being shut. The Dog walking is still open.

My favourite Weeping Silver Birch

Look forward to seeing you soon

Ashley

P.S. Wrap up

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Sheena my wife had some friends around last night for supper to celebrate a 50^th birthday! She cut some flowering Sarcococca confusa “Christmas box” from the garden the whole house filled with a fantastic sweet scent. It is a small unassuming  evergreen plant that punches well above its weight when it comes to scent.

In the garden

the morning after

We have nearly lost January and we are struggling to get all the jobs done to make the place look great for when you visit. All our tools and seeds etc are now in the glasshouse, very horticultural. We have moved the plant area around so we can get more plants in.

This week we had a large delivery of fruit trees Walnuts to Hazel nuts, espalier and fan trained fruit.

This week we have been recruiting for the 4 positions we have available in the Garden Centre and Café.

Catch up next week

Ashley

Ps Have you dug the Garden yet?

A few tips for this time of year. Vegetable garden preparation. The deeper you dig the patch the longer the carrots and parsnips will be able to grow (depending on the variety you plant). Digging deeper gets you fit and increases the depth of your topsoil. Always add organic matter to the soil when digging, this will increase fertility, improve the water retention of the soil, make working the soil easier, increase the drainage, plants grow better in a well manured garden. Any organic matter will do cow, chicken, rabbit poo, compost from the heap or out of a bag.

As usual we have loads of new exciting new products.

We are here to help you enjoy your Garden

Look forward to seeing you

Ashley

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We have got loads happening as usual here at the Garden Centre. Our Seed Potatoes arrived yesterday are now all out on sale.

We had a new delivery of Chickens this week 250 point of lay pullets.

We have got a new variety Black Araucana that lays in excess of 220 blue / green eggs. Not quite as many as the normal hybrid but a great colour.

We have created a new Garden Shop in our Greenhouse all our Garden sundries will now be under one roof, this will enable us to keep a larger range of tools, fertilisers and seeds.

I hope we see you soon, we have a great team of people here to help you with your Garden or Poultry at any time.

Best wishes

Ashley

Bell Plantation Garden Centre

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We have still got a few cut and potted Christmas trees of all types and sizes in stock, we hope to sell out this weekend!

Loads of Houseplants, Orchids and Poinsettia in varying sizes.

Good practical presents abound and plenty of Gorgeous gifts.

New 16kw wood burner installed in the Café it now is even warmer!

Sheena enjoying the new installation!

Look forward to seeing you

Have fun

Ashley

1. Don’t place the tree near a source of heat.
2. Cut an inch off the bottom of your tree and then keep the tree in water or moist soil or sand.
3. Buy a non needle drop tree Nordman, Noble or Fraser fir.
4. Buy a potted tree and plant it in the Garden after Christmas.

Remember we have loads of Christmas lights - diodes. No bulb troubles!

Decorations and gifts abound.

After Christmas South Northants Council will be recycling all unwanted Christmas trees.

Please take a look at our special offers on our website. Including a Christmas Trees voucher! www.bellplantation.co.uk

Hope to see you soon

Ashley

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Christmas trees galore from £9.99
1000 now in stock to choose from.
Early birds get the worm.

Special Offers:

£5 Off Christmas Trees Voucher on our website!

Please see: www.bellplantation.co.uk and check on the right hand side for all our latest special offers.

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