Gardening: Weekend Work

TAKE CUTTINGS of geraniums now, choosing strong shoots about 3-4 inches long and cutting just below a leaf joint. Strip off the leaves except the few immature ones at the top and root them, uncovered, in pots of compost. They will even root in water.

THE TREACHEROUS weather has meant that in our neck of the woods, the ground is still too soggy to work. Shallots are still waiting to go in, as are peas and broad beans. The autumn-sown ones were coming on nicely until a stray heifer came into the garden and stuck her big feet all over them. They don't tell you about that in Country Living magazine.