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Spring maintenance in the herbaceous borders is a doddle with a Cape Cod Weeder
When I first moved to the cottage my mum told me that I needed to scratch over the surface of all the herbaceous borders with a hand fork in the spring. “It lifts the soil, lets it breath and avoids compaction. Ideally you add some fertiliser to give it a bit of a boost.” The next year I scraped and boosted. I probably followed this advice for at least three years and everything flourished. The borders were smaller then. But as they increased in size I ignored this pertinent tip. Using a hand fork is hard work on the wrist. It’s easy to...
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