Gardening Bulletin

December 5, 2008 GARDENING BULLETIN Dear Reader, Visit Times Online today for dynamic news and views, plus gardening features, advice and weather reports What to do this month... - Shallot sets (small bulbs) need to be ordered as soon as possible for planting in February and harvesting next July. If you live in a mild area, however, you can plant the sets a little earlier in the year. Read more... - Get some winter protection around the crowns of tender perennials, using mulch, old compost, dead bracken or fern fronds and hedge clippings. Read more... - Blackcurrants, dogwoods, gooseberries and willows can all be propagated from hardwood cuttings taken now. Read more... - Bringing succulents and fuchsias indoors for the winter? If you have a vine weevil problem it will speed up indoors; be ready to treat the grubs before they eat the roots. Read more... Latest Look after wildlife in your garden It's cold outside, so spare a thought for the creatures that share your garden Mock the weeds From rat-infested city flat to country home and sit-on mower, comedian Ed Byrne is loving the rural life Featured offers Witch Hazel: Elegant coppery flowers during winter Polianthes Tuberose: Popular flower in Victorian times FEATURES Green shoots of recovery At Thrive, one of the charities highlighted by this year's Times Christmas Appeal, it all starts in the garden Winter pot plants Pot plants are an instant pick-me-up for the cold, damp winter months and if you choose them carefully, you'll have spring sorted, too Featured offers Geranium Beau Jangles: Update your tubs and window boxes Fleecy lined wellies: Perfect for winter gardening Regulars Save money in the garden To beat the recession, thrifty gardeners are going back to basics. You can save money and still smell the roses The appeal of mulch What can improve the soil, suppress weeds and make your borders look smart? Prose garden Like her writing, the Suffolk plot of the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard is a thing of sophisticated beauty Top 10 tips for a winter garden Weather Daily weather updates for your garden, so you can plan ahead House Proud Win an overview of the history of your home A flower event from Times Archive A look back at the 1888 RHS flower show Renovating a 400-year-old property yourself If you no longer wish to receive the Gardening Bulletin, please click here to unsubscribe. If you wish to speak to a Customer Services Representative, please call 020 7860 1133. You have received this e-mail from a member of the News International Group. News International Limited, 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1XY, is the holding company for the News International Group and is registered in England No 81701. VAT number GB 243 8054 69 Times Newspapers Ltd is a member of the Direct Marketing Association and registered under the Data Protection Act 1998. To see our privacy policy, click here.