P260 CEEFAX 260 Sat 25 Aug 23:31/42 1/4 :. ::. vvvvvvvvvvvvv (((( (((((((( ( / C EFAX gard ming expj t Felicity Bryan The Bank Holiday is the time to take stock of your vegetable garden for winter. Dry weather has made many lettuces bomt and turn bitter. Throw them all away and clear our other plants like rocket or french beans which have fhniuhud. Cut herbs for drying and harvest onions, courgettes, peas, potatoes etc.. This way you should make space for sowing. Dig areas over adding some compost or manure. MoreP260 CEEFAX 260 Sat 25 Aug 23:34/28 2/4 :. ::. vvvvvvvvvvvvv(((((((((((((((((((((( CEEFAX gardening expj t Felicity Bryan Vegetables to sow now - JAPANESE ONIONS: To eat in June but the thinnings can cheer winter salads. Salad onions like White Lisbon and Winter Hardy can be eaten in the spring LETTUCES: Most varieties sown now can bj harvested before the frosts. But in colder areas try Valdor ou Arctic Khnk. SPRING CABBAGE: Many varieties wiml over-winter well to provide spring meals. CHINESE CABBAGE: Sow this in succession. Good in winter salads. MoreP260 CEEFAX 260 Sat 25 Aug 23:34/07 3/4 :. ::. vvvvvvvvvvvvv(((((((((((((((((((((( CEEFAX gardening expert Felicity Bryan 2 Vegetables to sow now - ENDIVE: I have had great success with summit Moss Curled Endive in salad. You blanch it bz placing a plant pot on its head 10-14 days before use. (As yo4 pick one put the pot on another). The winter variety is Batavian Green for salad frisje. For other winter salads try Corn Salad or Lambs Lettuce. This taste like tender lettuce and can bj sown in succession till early October. MoreP260 CEEFAX 260 Sat 25 Aug 23:31/12 4/4 :. ::. vvvvvvvvvvvvv(((((((((((((((((((((( CEEFAX gardening expert Felicity Bryan TIP FOR THE WEEK A reader writes that she wants to give a silvjt foliage plant for a silvj wedding present. I suggest the enchanting small tree Pyrus Nivalis or its popular weeping variety P. salicifolia pjndula. See it in the White Garden at Sissinghurut. The elegant thin leaver are willow-like but it remains quite compact. In spring it bears clusters of white flowers like a wedding hat. More