Living: In the garden: JOBS FOR THE WEEK.1Plant up any gaps on the rock garden and top-dress with chippings after applying a slow-release fertiliser.2Work around the garden with a hand fork, removing any perennial weeds while the ground is workable. Residual weedkillers can be applied to paths and drives to stop weeds coming up for the next year. 3Where early dahlias are too big, cut them down and pot on to encourage a more bushy plant. There's still time to take more dahlia dahlia (däl`yə, dăl`–) [for Anders Dahl, 1751–89, Swedish botanist and pupil of Linnaeus], any plant of the genus Dahlia and chrysanthemum chrysanthemum (krĭsăn`thəməm), name for a large number of annual or perennial herbs of the genus Chrysanthemum of the family Asteraceae (aster family), some cultivated in Asia for at least 2,000 years. cuttings. 4Sow peppers, aubergines, outdoor tomatoes, French beans, marrows and courgettes. It's not too late to start off melons and cucumbers for the cool or cold greenhouse. 5Buy plants ready to make up hanging baskets, windowboxes and pots. Pot on small plants and pinch out growing points of surfinias, fuchsias, nemesia Nemesia can be:
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