Amateur Gardening – 10 August 2019

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The hardest

cuts to make

ILOVEtheGeranium

clarkei‘KashmirWhite’in

ourgarden.I recentlyhad

tobefirmandpersuade

myselfthatI hadtocutit

rightdowntotheground,

despitetherebeingquite

a fewflowersstilllefton

theplant.It wastheright

thingtodo.

Wewereabouttogo

awayonholiday,andI

knewtherewouldbeno

flowersleftwhenwecame

back.Bycuttingit back

hard,withanyluckwe

willbetreatedtoanother

beautifuldisplay later

intheyear.

RobertHinchcliffe,

Bottesford,

North Lincolnshire

Photo

ofthe

week

Geranium‘Kashmir White’

MYcatsarecalledNev(she’sthe

tortoiseshellandwhite)andBuster,

a gingerstraywhoseemstohave

movedin.Nevusuallyhatesothercats

butshe’stakena realshinetoBuster

andtheyoftenlietogetherin the

sunshine.Theylovethenepeta

andtheshadeunderthehebe.

Theyoftenwatchoureveningvisitors,

too.Wealsohavetwohedgehogsthat

comeeverynightfortheleftovercat

food!Wearesoluckythatallthe

wildlifeenjoysourgarden.

BarbaraBadland,

via email

Cat companions

IWOULDlike

sharethiside

withothers.

Thisdrawer

wasabout

tobethrown

away,butI

transformed

it intoa smart

flowerpot.

Nowit’sa gre

additionto

mygarden.

LenaDedun,

Twitchen, Devon

Garden Reader’s Quick Tip

friends

Buster and Nev in the catmint