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Gardening | Your jobs for the weekend with Brian Kidd

Our horticultural hotshot sets you to work.

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Rodents can't climb plastic buckets, says Brian.

Gardeners' question time with Brian Kidd

How to deal with seed-eating rodents and wonky cyclamen.

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Dahlias - lovely... until they get frosted.

Gardening: How to save dahlias hit by frost | Brian Kidd

This is the time of year when there are some awful jobs to do and one of these is to dig out the dahlias which have been scorched by frost.

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Your gardening to-do list for the weekend, with Brian Kidd

Cats, garlic and dirty ponds.

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For the love of trees | Southsea Greenhouse

Did you know there are more than three trillion trees on the planet? That’s 420 for each person.

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Brian Kidd answers your gardening queries

Mystery shrubs and weedkillers.

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Spring is only 20 weeks away so plant daffodils and narcissus now.

Gardening: Golden light at the end of winter’s dark tunnel | Brian Kidd

October and November are good months for planting daffodils and narcissus in the garden. If you are like us you wait until summer plants have been frosted as there aren't any vacant spots to plant bulbs until then. And we had our first frost this week.

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Save your egg boxes for propping up seed potatoes.

Gardening: Jobs for this weekend | Brian Kidd

From planting garlic to collecting egg boxes.

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A crafty week at Southsea Green

This week has been full of various crafty and social get-togethers for the Southsea Green community.

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Aucuba japonica, gold dust plant or spotted laurel. Picture: Shutterstock

Your gardening dilemmas solved | Brian Kidd

This week Brian suggests shrubs to contrast with a door and tackles the thorny question of artificial grass.

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Planting tulips? Always think of your colour scheme | Brian Kidd

Pam and I went to the garden centre and bought some tulips. The amazing thing is that the flower is already in the bulb. If you cut the bulb in half and look inside, you can see the flower. It’s amazing, the flower bud is already in the bulb and all it needs is moisture, light and air. So, let’s plant some!

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Get your lawnmower serviced before the rush next spring. Picture: Shutterstock

Gardening jobs for the weekend | Brian Kidd

It’s time to service the mower and start your winter digging.

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There's only so much we can do to control our environment | Southsea Green

Rain has occasionally stopped play at Southsea Green recently. The water butts are full!

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Fallen leaves in the street can be collected and turned into leaf mould.

Your gardening problems solved | Brian Kidd

Can you use fallen leaves in the street to make compost and will seeds from your marrows come true next year?

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Now is the perfect time to take hard wood cuttings of plants such as forsythia.

It's the perfect time to take hard wood cuttings | Brian Kidd

Do you like propagating plants? Lots of people like to do this and believe it or not, this is an ideal time to take what we call hard wood cuttings. I still find rooting cuttings gives me a lot of pleasure.

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Jobs to do in the soggy garden this weekend | Brian Kidd

Our gardening expert sets you to work.

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Think about spring now for a colourful garden next year: GARDENING

The petunias were the best ever this year but that wretched cold wind seems to have dehydrated them. The begonia semperflores were protected by our hedge and they are absolutely lovely.

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Gardening jobs this weekend with BRIAN KIDD

It’s time to spruce up your cacti and get to grips with chickweed.

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A bouquet including yellow chrysanthemum from which you can take cuttings.

Gardeners' question time with BRIAN KIDD

This week: can you get a flower in a bouquet to root? And, what to do with an old container of creosote substitute.

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