Gardening
Playtimes Playgroup seeks someone to keep gardens tidy
Playtimes Playgroup is seeking someone to keep its gardens tidy. It is looking to pay somebody for three hours per fortnight, to cut and strim the front and back gardens, with a bit of weeding where required.
There is also the possibility of a one-off full day, to do some work on the flowerbed at the front of the Playtimes building. If you are interested, please contact Keren on 07841 330007.
Making Spaldwick bloom – a message from Grahame Leach
“The Spaldwick Parish Council would like to improve the look of Spaldwick and we would like your help.
We have discussed the idea of tubs at the entrance to Spaldwick but we have been told, by Huntingdon District Council, that this is not acceptable.
So, we have looked at the possibilities of putting large planters, at key points in the Village, in places that we will agree at a later date. The costs of these planters would be funded by the Parish Council, subject to the usual voting procedures.
We would need to look after these planters and their contents, with volunteer labour and they would need to be watered and weeded, to keep them looking attractive. I would ask anyone who is interested in this aspect, to contact me. It would be useful if we could have a rota of people and I will personally be pleased to be part of that.
We would also like to encourage individual houses to put up their own window boxes and planters, to add to the general look of the Village.
We have the Queen’s Jubilee to celebrate next year and we could use this event, as a reason, to start this idea off.
We will be discussing this at our Parish Council Meetings but I would like to meet with other interested people in the Village, to promote this idea.”
Grahame Leach
Tel 01480 890216
It’s now time to scarify your lawn
Mid-April to mid-May is a suitable time to scarify your lawn, as grass has started to grow strongly. If you do not scarify your lawn now, you’ll have to wait until about September. For optimum results, mow your lawn before scarifying. If, after the winter, your lawn contains a substantial amount of moss, you should apply moss killer a few weeks before scarifying. To help your lawn recover from scarification, water the lawn and overseed any bare patches.
For more guidance, view our lawn scarification information page.
