{"id":20537,"date":"2020-01-12T17:10:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T17:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20537"},"modified":"2020-01-19T16:03:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T16:03:48","slug":"late-to-the-new-years-party-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/late-to-the-new-years-party-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Late to the New Years Party 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>January is not a great time for a gardener to be slow of the mark but it is probably better then than in other months.\u00c2\u00a0 For my part I have been soaked and saturated by the heavy down pours so far this year that I have been late setting out my gardeners tips plans for the year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20539\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tree-4-008-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tree-4-008-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tree-4-008-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tree-4-008-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tree-4-008-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Rhododendron buds<\/p>\n<p>Before I launch onto my major project of the year<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/tree-project-to-reduce-my-ignorance\/\"> <span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>&#8216;Trees<\/strong><\/span>&#8216;<\/a> I will have a quick recap on my January activity so far.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In line with my resolution to improve all round plant health I have cleaned up all the indoor plants, trimmed off old brown leaves, given orchid leaves\u00c2\u00a0 a wipe down to remove dust and moved as many plants as possible into better light. I also used some Christmas present garden tokens to stock up on granulated fertiliser and spread some epsom salts on the raspberry canes.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20540\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/house-plants-010-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/house-plants-010-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/house-plants-010-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/house-plants-010-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/house-plants-010-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Wanting to grow several &#8216;golden&#8217; flowers for autumn I have been researching Dahlia, Chrysanthemums and begonias to buy in the near future.<\/li>\n<li>I have cleared up the greenhouse after the late chrysanthemum plants were taken out of them soil. I plan to grow in pots next year leaving the greenhouse beds for more salad crops.<\/li>\n<li>I audited the seed stock and augmented it with new mixes of lettuce, mizuna and poppies.<\/li>\n<li>I moved to a frost shelter and renovated some of the many ornamental and standard pots around the house.<\/li>\n<li>Lastly I am looking despondently at scaffolding all around the house and impinging on the garden for a reroofing exercise that should start tomorrow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20541\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/house-plants-003-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/house-plants-003-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/house-plants-003-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/house-plants-003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/house-plants-003-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An unusual shade of bract on a Christmas poinsettia, The traditional red variety lasted until september 2019 but my effort to put it in the dark for this year was thwarted and the compost found a new resident.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20542\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/house-plants-007-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/house-plants-007-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/house-plants-007-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/house-plants-007-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/house-plants-007-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An old favorite in its 4th year we still get colour on the heart shaped display.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January is not a great time for a gardener to be slow of the mark but it is probably better then than in other months.\u00c2\u00a0 For my part I have been soaked and saturated by the heavy down pours so far this year that I have been late setting out my gardeners tips plans for the year. 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