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girding of loins and a flourishing of hoes.Casting an eye over my borders recently, I noticed that some of my plants were badly in need of splitting. In particular need of attention was a fine grass called Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster', which

stuffing the plant into a polythene bag and spraying it inside the bag).Couch grass (sometimes known as twitch) has also appeared from somewhere and is colonising a couple of beds. It has long bony looking runners with amazingly sharp points that can

that need doing, before those little green shoots in the border suddenly crack on and need attention. It is amazing how forgiving a garden can be: if you dig foundations and make a mess now, the grass will recover and the plants will bounce back by summer