Island Life Magazine Ltd December 2011/January 2012 | Page 85

TINA'S TI

PS

• Protect
you
ground by r knees from the c
old
using a ho
t water bo
as a knee
ttle
ling pad.
F
illed with
water and
hot
wrapped
in a towel
a carrier b
inside
ag, lovely.
• If neces
sary, dig o
ver heavy
soil and le
clay
ave in clo
ds for the
to break u
frost
p. Add as
much com
as possib
post
le, or use
it as a mu
and let th
lch
e earthwo
rms do th
e work.

Clockwise from above:
Eranthis hyemalis
Cornus mas
Clematis cirrhosa
Viburnum x bodnantense
Cyclamen coum

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