May
Jobs For May
Kitchen Garden
Plant up herb pots
Plant Greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers
Sow sweet corn outdoors in mild areas
Sow vegetables without protection, ie cabbages, cauliflowers and brussel sprouts
Sow and plant runner beans and french beans
Protect freshly planted crops from birds using crop protection netting
Start to feed tomatoes as soon as they have their first truss of tomatoes
Flower Garden
Stake herbaceous plants as they grow
Plant Dahlias and gladioli
Prune Lilac,after flowering
Plant up new pots and hanging baskets
Continue pricking out seedlings and pots up
Order your bespoke hanging baskets from Laurel Farm Garden Centre
Lawns
Apply mosskiller and 'lawn feed and weed'
Dig out patches of coarse or resistant weeds
Renovate bare patches by over-seeding with lawn seed mixture
Sow a new lawn
Trim lawn edges with edging iron
Mow the lawn, regularly in dry weather
Lay turf in mild areas providing the ground is not frozen or waterlogged
Gardening will be very much dependent on the weather in your area with the timings given as a guide only
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