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The Councils of gardening of December

Proverbs

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Christmas one Tuesday, bad for sowings.

Plants of December

If the short and icy days do not encourage to leave to the garden, some efforts will however be necessary so that the beautiful season gives best itself. It is imperatively necessary to complete the work of wintering and in particular to finish installing protections of the plantations with a mulch and a veil of wintering.

Think of adding ash of chimney in your solid masses and to the feet of the fruit trees. Trace element and potash rich person, these ashes will give a nudge in the right direction to your plants. It is also time to finish the plantations of the fruit-lofts and the hedges if there were no time in November to you and to prepare the ground if you plan to resow a lawn in spring. A major digging and of the broken up son of a bitch will help the grass to leave on good bases. The well cut rose trees could also be protected from freezing.

With the kitchen garden, the harvest of endives can start. On the balcony or the terrace, it is still time to put the plants at the shelter of the drafts and snow. While returning to the house, you will be able benefit finally from the flowering of the first bubbles of hyacinth which your interior. They will enable you to have patience to the spring and the return of the explosion of colors of the crocuses, tulips and other primulas.

While waiting for this moment, you will be able to occupy your time with the construction of pretty decorations for your table of festival with the foliages of the holly, the laurel chock or of the beech.

Our consultings of gardening for December

Work of this card is adapted to the degraded oceanic climate, that is to say with the area centers. You can adapt them to your area while advancing or by moving back work of a few weeks. The dates are indicative in any case and vary one year on the other.

In spring, you will advance approximately two weeks work of the garden for the areas on the littoral being subject to the influence of the oceanic climate, like for the areas with the Mediterranean climate. For the areas with the climate of mountain, delay two weeks. In autumn, it is the same thing but in the other direction.

Also use our lunar time-table to adapt your activities to the garden.

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