P573 CEEFAX 2 573 Fri 24 Jan 21:12/21 1/4 with Prof Stefan Buczacki Ornamental garden hint: If you have a rotary mower, set the blades high and use this on mild days to collect up fallen twigs and leaves from the lawn. Use a stiff brush to disperse worm casts on the lawn. If you leave them, they will form unsightly smears and create bare patches that can encourage weed growth. But apart from doing thjsj important tasks, it makes sense to walk on the lawn as little as possible. Switched On 540 Cookery 580 TV 600 Main Menu 100 House plant hint >>> Comp CookBook Fave Film Main MenuP573 CJEFAX 2 573 Fri 24 Jan 21:05/48 2/4 with Prof Stefan Buczackj House plant hint: Begonia and gloxinia tubjts that have been stored ovjrwintet in the shed can now be started into growth again. Pot them up in terracotta pots of soil- less compost with the tubjts barely covered, give them a good watering and put them in a warm spot. Remember that gloxinia tubers should always be potted hollow side uppermost but be careful when watering not to allow a 'pond' to form in the top. Switched On 540 Cookery index 580 Front page 100 Kitchen garden >>>> Comp CookBook Fave Film Main MenuP573 CJEFAX 2 573 Fri 24 Jan 21:17/24 3/4 with Prof Stefan Buc:acre Kitchen garden hint: Give a light dressing of sulphate of potash to all your soft fruit bushes and canes and also to any young fruit trees. Scatter the fettilisjr at a small handful pet sruare metre round the base of each plant and then apply a thick mulch of well-rotted manure or compost. The potash is important to encourage fruit development. You could also use about twice the dose of fish, blood and bone or Growmori. Front page 100 Plant of Week >>>>> Comp Coo Book Fa e Film M i Me uP573 CEJFAX 2 573 Fri 24 Jan 21:17/27 4/4 with Prof Stefan Buczacki Plant of the Week: Dwarf Pampas Grass Perennial ornamental grasses are vjty valuable in winter when their leaves and seed heads are covered with frost and rime. Pampas grasses are excellent but many gardeners choose types that are too large. One of the best is the variety 'Pumila' which only reaches about 1.5m. Always pull out the dead growth with strong gloves at the end oe winter. Don't set fire to it as is often suggested. Main menu 100 Ornamental gardens >>> Comp CookBook Fave Film Main Menu