Finally winter has passed, the days are longer and the sun is shining (ok – maybe not quite as much as we would like). It must be time for those sun hats, wellies and green fingers.
We’ve listed a GARDENER’S TOP JOBS LIST so you can enjoy your garden and hopefully a bit of sun:
- Check for nesting birds before clipping hedges
- Mow lawns weekly
- Position summer hanging baskets and containers outside
- Harvest lettuce, radish, other salads and early potatoes
- Water early and late to get the most out of your water, recycle water when possible
- Hoe borders regularly to keep down weeds
- Open greenhouse vents and doors on warm days
- Lift and divide overcrowded clumps of daffodils and other spring-flowering bulbs
- Watch out for viburnum beetle and lily beetle grubs
- And don’t forget your sun hat!
For more information check out the Royal Horticultural Society website: www.rhs.org.uk
