{"id":29177,"date":"2016-10-08T17:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-jobs-to-do-in-the-garden-in-october\/"},"modified":"2016-10-08T17:11:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-08T10:11:07","slug":"what-jobs-to-do-in-the-garden-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-jobs-to-do-in-the-garden-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"What jobs to do in the garden in October"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFrom harvesting \u2018black gold\u2019 to sprucing up garden furniture, what to do this monthDon\u2019t be too hasty to tidy up the garden: leaving browning plant stems standing over winter provides vital habitats for wildlife. But keep an eye out for the particularly attractive seedheads of poppies, alliums, nigella, agapanthus, teasels and the like. Cut these, keeping long stems intact, place them inside a paper bag and hang upside down somewhere airy indoors to dry. Any ripe seeds should fall into the bag and can be set aside for sowing. Once bone dry, arrange the seedheads in a vase or put them aside to be sprayed silver or gold come Christmas. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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