AUTUMN APPROACHING

Autumn is approaching fast, time to tidy up the garden and get it ready for winter.

Start filling up the composter with leaves and prunings from the garden, along with plant & vegetable waste from the kitchen. Stinging nettles are nitrogen rich and act as an excellent activator for the compost heap or bin. Try to build up the compost heap in layers making sure air can gain access - and don't let the heap become too wet or dry.

Think ahead to next year and start planning and preparing your garden and getting the ground ready for next season, now is the time to manure the soil if required.

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WONDER LAWN

If you are having problems with your lawn at the moment eg. Bald Patches, Moss, Weeds etc. - try our Wonder Lawn product and grow a beautiful, luscious green lawn in days

Wonder Lawn is ideal for sewing a completely new grass area or for fixing a few damaged and worn spots on your lawn. Neighbours will envy you for having such a wonderful lawn in record time.

Astonishingly, Wonder Lawn seeds germinate in half the time of standard seeds as the drought and heat-resistant seeds start to grow almost immediately, just a few days after sowing. Decades of research resulted in an ideal mixture of grass seeds that are resistant to any kind of vermin or virus.

Wonder Lawn is a natural product without any chemical ingredients.

A 1 kg bag covers an area up to 50 sq. metres.

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New Dog Toilet Training Product

If you are having problems with your dog making a mess of the house and garden, try this amazing new product - POTTY ROCK, which is a small scented briquette that attracts both puppies and adult dog to do their toilet in one area thus allowing the owner to choose the location in the garden!

With simple training, following our 4 step guide the dog or puppy will do its toilet, time after time.

For gardeners it's a huge benefit, as it eliminates those ugly urine burn stains always seen dotted around the lawn and of course, keeping the garden a safer and more hygenic place for children to play.

• Easy to use puppy toilet training aid

• Young and old dogs training time significantly reduced

• Natural and life-long training method without short-term diet based products

• Works for both male and female dogs

• 115mm x 180mm x 18mm (4 1/2" x 7" x 3/4") size

• Storable with fragrance that will last for years

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JANUARY GARDENING TIPS

At this time of year the weather prevents us from doing too much in the garden - apart from browsing through gardening magazines and catalogues and planning the garden for the year ahead.

One job that can be achieved is winter pruning, this will improve a trees well-being and encourage new growth where it is needed.

Removing the dead, diseased and broken branches should be the first job followed by removing the low branches that obstruct walkways.

Next thin out crossing branches that rub together - these can damage bark and let in infection, then thin out tangled ones which prevent ventilation. Tall branches growing in the centre of the tree need to be cut out as well. Always cut back to something, a leaf or a bud.

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