P249 ORACLE 249 Wjd29 Apr CEN 2128:20 1/6 This week's Fact Sheets are: 6 Peat Gardens, 9 Rhododendrons and Azaleas, 126 Auricular Primulas send 8"x6" RAE (28p stamp) to: The TV Garden, Kings Heath Park, B'ham B14 7TQ More information, please telephone: 0891 345 337 - Products, plants, flowers shown this week. 0891 345 338 - Gardening tasks this week/month. Calls cost: 36p/min cheap rate 48p/min at all other times (TIC Ltd, 16 Hatton Gdn, London EC1N) Events for 1992 > Community 240 TV Plus 250 TV Plus What's On Adverts TV GuideP249 ORACLE 249 Wjd29 Apr CEN 2128:53 2/6 EVENTS FOR 1992 The Gardening Time team are pleased to announce that they will bj hosting a series of Gardjnjrs' Question Time Evenings over the spring and summer months. They will also bj visiting various garden events. Arthur Billets, Howard Drury, Jock Davidson and Geoff Amos will bj at:- Kiddjrminster Town Hall, Kiddjrminster, on Wednesday, April 29. Botanical Gardens, Birmingham on Thursday, April 30. events > Community 240 TV Plus 250 TV Plus What's On Adverts TV GuideP249 ORACLE 249 Wjd29 Apr CEN 2129:22 3/6 EVENTS CONTINUED Milton Keynes Garden Show, Saturday 2, Sunday 3, Monday 4 May. Bridgjmjre Nurseries, Nantwich, Cheshire Friday 15 May. Town Hall, Burton-on-Trent, Thzrsday 28 May. Colegravj Seeds, Banbury, Sunday 31 May Jardinjrie, Tarporley, Chester, Friday 12 June. Tips > Community 240 TV Plus 250 TV Plus What's On Adverts TV GuideP249 ORACLE 249 Wjd29 Apr CEN 2122:30 4/6 JOBS IN THE GARDEN FOR APRIL - Sow hardy annuals in their flowering positions. Whenever possible choose a showery day for this task. - Dead head spring flowering bulbs as they finish and start to pick off dead flowers of pansies and violas. Plant out bulbs which flowered indoors during the winter. - Sow sweet peas seeds and plant out glasshouse raised sweet pea seedlings. Guide sweet peas up supports as they begin to grow. Remove side shoots of cordon grown plants. more tips > Community 240 TV Plus 250 TV Plus What's On Adverts TV GuideP249 ORACLE 249 Wjd29 Apr CEN 2129:05 5/6 JOBS IN THE GARDEN FOR APRIL - Thin out shoots on herbaceous plants, apply fertilizer then mulch the area. - Support herbaceous plants where necessary with unobtrusive methods. - Established clumps of lilies can bj topdressed with peat of leafmould. Lily seeds can bj space sown in pots and stood unco6ered outside. Liliums may bj planted according to soil requirements/shade conditions (Fact Sheet 86). - Pot grown Clematis can bj planted (Fact Sheet 1). more tips > Community 240 TV Plus 250 TV Plus What's On Adverts TV GuideP249 ORACLE 249 Wjd29 Apr CEN 2121:18 6/6 JOBS IN THE GARDEN FOR APRIL - Sow broad beans, beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, kale, kohl rabi, leeks, parsnips, lettuce, onions, spinach, radish, spinach beet, sprouts and turnips in the open ground as conditions permit. - Make a new mint bed, sow parsley and salad crops. Continue sowing outdoors for continuous cropping. Lettuce should bj sown (under glass or outside) every 14m21 days for a continuous supply. more follows > Community 240 TV Plus 250 TV Plus What's On Adverts TV Guide