17 Oct 2007

English

tame (NOT FIERCE) adjective(especially of animals) not wild or fierce, either naturally or because of training or long involvement with humans. e.g. After a few months' contact the monkeys become very tame.

7 Oct 2007

Grow Sweet Pea (www.bbc.co.uk/garderning)

Make a sweet pea screen Plant out young sweet pea plants in March for a scented display through the summer. Try a tip from professional growers and train plants as cordons or single stems. You can then grow them up canes to make a perfumed screen.

What to do

  • Choose a sunny spot and hammer two stakes into the ground to make a row.
  • Attach parallel wires between the posts, one at the bottom and one further up. Push canes into the soil every 22cm (9in) and secure to the wires.
  • Plant sweet peas in front of each cane.
  • Let plants grow to 30cm (12in) and then select the strongest shoot and remove the rest.
  • Tie shoot to cane and regularly pinch off side shoots and tendrils.
  • When plants have reached the top of canes, untie and lay stems on the ground.
  • Re-tie stems to a cane further along the row, so the tip of the plant reaches about 30cm (12in) up its new cane. This way you will create the criss-cross network of stems and build up your screen.
  • Tip: Sweet peas are easy to grow from seed, but you can buy ready-grown young plants.