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Whether youâre getting your outside space ready for family gatherings or planning a productive year of food growing, this is the month to move your gardening up a gear. As the soil warms up and days lengthen, thereâs plenty to be sowing and planting, provided you keep an eye out for late frosts.
Five things you should plant
Gladioli corms can go in now: 10cm apart and at least 10cm deep so they donât start to lean. Itâs up to you whether you opt for something understated like the white-flowered Murmansk or go gaudy with a mixed variety pack. Glads love sun and well-drained soil, so donât stick them in a dark corner.
Sydney to Hobart yacht race may be cancelled, but Mistral II relives hair-raising 1947 voyage in cyberspace
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Mistral II in Sydney Harbour. She went from a rough start in wild winds to a narrow escape with the rocky Tasman Island shore.
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The only boat participating in a Sydney to Hobart yacht race this year, after the cancellation of the blue water classic, is sitting underneath a tarpaulin in Hobart s Constitution Dock.
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The yacht is being restored as a sail training vessel for young people
The 2020 Sydney to Hobart yacht race has been cancelled due to COVID-19