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Protect your fruit trees & shrubs from birds by
protecting with fruit
cages or netting.
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Sow onions,
beet
& winter cabbage.
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Sow your
first carrots.
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Finish
planting of late potatoes
and earth up earlies.
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At the end of
the month plant cauliflowers.
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Start successional
sowing of peas,
beans,
lettuce
& radish.
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Ventilate
strawberries
under cloches & add straw manure. |
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Spray
peaches
with water to help fruit set.
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Cut back
newly planted raspberries. |
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Keep an eye
out for pests. |
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Remove the
dead heads of daffodils
& other spring flowers but leave foliage intact.
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Sow hardy
annuals in situ.
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Divide & replant
perennials.
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Hoe weeds regularly.
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Complete
any rose pruning this month.
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Plant out
violas, peonies, hollyhocks etc. |
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Sow polyanthus
& wallflowers
for next spring. |
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Roses - Feed, Mulch and finish any
pruning. |
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Plant
conifers,
evergreen trees, shrubs and bamboos. |
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Prune flowered shrubs like
forsythia
& evergreens.
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Finish pruning roses.
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Remove flower heads of
winter flowering plants like azaleas
and rhododendrons. |
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Trim winter flowering
heathers. |
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Stop side shoots on
fuchsias
to produce bushy plants. |
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Mow lawns,
weed &
feed. |
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Apply chemical weed
killers or pull out weeds manually if you prefer.
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Trim edges.
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Apply
organic fertiliser. |
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Lay new
turf. |
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Sow
grass seed
on bare
patches after fine raking. |
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Sow seeds of
outdoor tomatoes, melon
& marrows. |
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Top dress pots, tubs &
hanging baskets. |
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Increase ventilation and
if needed and start to apply shading liquid. Install a louvre
window
if you do not have one. |
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Increase watering &
light. |
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Clean
leaves with a damp soft cloth. Remove any dead leaves.
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Watch for
pests &
spray accordingly.
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Re-pot
houseplants (if needed).
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Top up
pots &
containers with fresh
compost. |
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Divide up
large clumps of aquatic
perennials. |
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Removes
any dead leaves from the pond. (Submerged leaves can be removed
carefully with a lawn rake.
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Keep an
eye on surface weeds and remove at the first sign.
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Prune back
any tall trees or shrubs that overhang the pond to let in more
light.
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Use
water
lilies to limit direct sunlight. |
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| Look
out for... |
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Orange-tip butterfly |
| Description: Orange-tip butterfly males are unmistakable because of the orange wing tips. The females lack the orange markings but are otherwise similar with yellowish green mottling on the underside of the wings. They have a wing span of approximately 30-35mm. |
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Where to find them:
Adult butterflies visit flowers to suck nectar with their long proboscis. Eggs are laid on the flower stalks of wild flowers, such as hedge garlic and lady’s smock, where the pale green caterpillars feed on the seed pods. This butterfly is on the wing from mid April-mid June. For more information on butterflies and moths, see
www.butterfly-conservation.org |
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