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also all aspects of landscaping services visit our showroom near FFOstrasOl

timber buildings, shedsand garden prOductssummer houses and stables

Full installation serviceinc. concrete bases

pergolas, arches, planters

Open day On sunday July 13th

bring this advert tO shOwrOOm FOr 10% OFF any purchase

Open mon to Fri 8-4.30pm. sat 10-2pm. by appointment other times.

• AXMINSTER •WILTON• TWISTS • FELT BACKS

• BATHROOMS•VINYLS AND MORE…pemBroKeshire’s largest

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Visit our giant remnant showroom

telephone: 01437 890003

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Tel: 01559 363655Fax: 01559 362061

Jewson Limited, The Sawmills,Llandysul, Ceredigion

SA44 5UG

timber & panel products • building materials• doors & windows • Kitchens • bathrooms • tool hire

ORNAMENTAL IRONWORK

Garden Gates, Railings, Weathervanes,Hanging Basket Brackets, Plant Containers,Swings, Garden Furniture.Low Maintenance galvanised Metal.

BARRY EVANSMETALWORKStation Road, Newcastle Emlyn

T.01239 711337T.01239 711337

We are now agents for BOCSupplying domestic and industrial gasses

Specialist Roof Truss ManufacturersFor All Your Timber Requirements

• Trusses Made To Order • Full Roofing Design Service - ISO 9001 • UK Delivery ServiceAvailable • Own Planning, Sawing and Treating • Trade and Public Enquiries Welcome

Also We Make Stable Blocks, Garden Timbers, Gates, Pergolas,Fencing, Posts, Rails And Decking

Melingoed Ltd Timber Merchants Est 1978phone: 01239 711070 • Fax: 01239 711645Station Road, Newcastle Emlyn, Carms. SA38 9BXmelingoedsaw@btconnect.comwww.melingoed.com

Good QualitySecondhand Furniture.

Free collection of donated items.Purchases delivered at reasonable rates

Open – Mon-Fri 9-5 Sat 10-2“Working with this community,

for this community”Tel: 01239 621253

13-14 Queens Terrace, Cardigan

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grab a diy bargainCOME in and seeour mammoth land-scaping deals at

Pride taken in timberAT CYCH Valley Tim-ber Buildings we prideourselves on providing aquality product to the cus-tomer, as also does our sis-ter company Cych ValleyLandscaping.

We handcraft bespokesheds, planters and gar-den accessories includinga large variety of garden

buildings, including sum-mer houses, “man caves”,animal houses and chil-dren’s play areas.

Our products look goodtoo, our timber buildingsand garden accessories aremade to be integral to yourgarden design.

We use quality materials,all wood used is tanalised

the projectsTHE Projects would liketo take this opportunity tothank the community ofCardigan for the contin-ued support over the past 9years.

The recession has notdampened your extremegenerosity. You have seenthe need of your communityand allowed the Projects to

tips on caring for the lawnAT THIS time of year, thelawn is actively growing andrequires feeding, moss kill-ing, weeding and regularmowing.

All lawns need feeding in or-der to maintain vigour. Whenfeeding, look out for signsof pest or disease and applymoss killer if required. Regu-lar maintenance is the bestway to approach a lawn, andmay avoid the need for reno-vation later on.

Over winter, the lawn doesnot grow much, but once theweather warms up in earlyspring, you can start mowing,and this is also a good time toover-seed any areas damagedover winter.

Lawn care treatments

a green sward, water whenthe soil becomes dry, but be-fore the grass turns yellowor brown. If the ground isvery hard, aerate it by spik-ing with a garden fork beforewatering, to aid water pen-etration.

Watering once a week toevery 10 days is normally suf-ficient. Ensure that the waterreaches a depth of 10cm (4in)after each watering. In themiddle of summer 1 sq m (1sq yd) needs about 20-litres (5

Below are some of the tasksto undertake over spring andsummer:

MowingThis is the most obvious,

and one of the most impor-tant, maintenance task overspring and summer. Mowingregularly keeps the lawn ingood health.

Killing mossMoss is a problem in damp,

poorly drained lawns. Springis a good time to remedy mossproblems. There are severaloptions for dealing with mossin lawns,

FeedingIn mid-spring, often late

March to April, use a pro-prietary spring or summerlawn fertiliser at the manu-facturer’s recommendedrates. Feeding the lawn willincrease vigour and help pre-vent weeds and moss fromestablishing. Apply fertilis-

summer, often May to Au-gust, repeat the applicationof spring or summer lawnfertiliser or apply 15g per sqm (½oz per sq yd) sulphateof ammonia mixed with fourtimes its weight dry soil.Mixing with soil ensureseven distribution and avoidsscorching the grass. Applythis mixture in cool, moistconditions and lightly waterit in. As an organic alterna-tive, use chicken manure pel-lets. Repeat fertiliser applica-tion a third time if needed sixto eight weeks later.

Do not apply spring or sum-mer lawn fertilisers, chickenmanure pellets or sulphate ofammonia after August. Theycontain too much nitrogenfor autumn use, encourag-ing green leafy growth at thewrong time of year, when itcould be damaged by wintercold or pests and disease.

Over-seedingAfter moss or weeds have

been removed, or where grassis growing sparsely, over-seeding may be necessary.Early autumn is the best timefor this job, but mid-spring isalso suitable.

• Break up the sur-face with a fork and rake it tomake a reasonably fine sur-face.

• Sow grass seed athalf the recommended rateor, where there are no recom-mendations, at 10-15g per sqm (½oz per sq yd).

• Lightly rake to in-corporate the seed into thesurface.

• Where birds are aproblem, net the area.

• If the weather re-mains dry for two or threedays water gently with asprinkler.

• Grass should sproutseven to 10 days after sowing.

In heavily used areas,choose a hardwearing util-ity mix containing ryegrass.Most lawn grasses do notthrive in shade, so for theseareas choose a shade-tolerantmix.

WateringEven if lawns turn brown

and dry over summer, theyusually recover well whenrains return. Watering isusually not necessary oversummer If you do have towater the lawn and maintain

gallons) every seven days.Looking after new lawnsLawns from turf should be

left completely unused fortheir first week. Lawns fromseed should be left unused un-til their first mowing. Avoidusing new lawns heavily intheir first season.

Newly laid lawns can be fedlike established lawns. Theyneed watering, but should notbe over-watered, as this mayresult in shallow rooting andpoor establishment.

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with a 10 year guaranteeand is mostly sourced fromWales and the UK. Pop inand see us at our Ffostrasolshowroom.

Open day on SundayJuly 13, from 10am to 4pm.Bring the advert on thispage with you to the show-room for 10 per cent offany purchase.

ers when the soil ismoist or when rainis expected.

If grass loses itsvigour and fresh-ness between latespring and late

Jewson Llandysulbranch or phone uson 01559 363655.

We have Mar-shalls Indian sand-stone available in

three colours for£16.50m2 excludingVAT.

Don’t forget thePave fix Plus orweatherpoint 365

for the joints.We have garden

benches from £44.95excluding VAT.

We are a Duluxtrade paint stockistand paint mixing isavailable in store.

Call in for all yourtrade or DIY needs.

play middle man passing onyour donated furniture tothose in need and blessinghundreds of families. Yoursometimes timely cash do-nations have kept our doorsopen, as a non-profit organi-sation all the staff at the TheProjects want to acknowl-edge this community as bothgenerous and caring.

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