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Most indoor plants can now be put on the patio or
plunged into borders. |
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Continue weeding & watering
where necessary. |
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Link: Composting |
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Continue successive
sowings.
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Asparagus
can be cut until the end of this month & then left alone.
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Plant out
sprouts, cauliflowers, marrows, tomatoes
& leeks. |
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Stake & pinch out
runner
beans & tomatoes. |
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Earth up late potatoes. |
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Thin rows of
crops when
overcrowded.
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Watch out for
cabbage
root fly & carrot
fly & dust if necessary.
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Links: Vegetables
- Potatoes
- Mushrooms - Vegetable
Seeds |
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Weed, water & thin surplus
fruit.
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Propagate
strawberries
from unwanted runners. Keep an eye on slug damage.
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Spray against
raspberry beetle, apple
scab & codling moth.
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Mulch raspberries
& currants.
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Begin summer pruning of
apples
& pears. |
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Thin peach
fruits.
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Links: Fruit
- Apples
- Strawberries |
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Continue dead heading.
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Cut back early flowering herbaceous
plants in order to produce a late crop of flowers.
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Take cuttings of
pinks
& rock roses.
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Finish planting out half hardy
annuals like dahlias.
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Divide may flowering perennials.
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Pinch out early flowering
chrysanthemums.
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Sweet peas
should be checked & staked.
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Biennial
seedlings can be set out in rows.
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Links:
Bedding
Plants & Annuals - Plants
- Flowers
that attract wildlife - Alpines |
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Hanging
Baskets - Roses
- Climbing
Plants - Fuchsias |
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Spray
roses
to protect against mildew
& black spot. |
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Remove
rhododendron seed pods & mulch after
rain. |
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Plant out hardy and
standard
fuchsias. |
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Links:
Conifers
- Japanese
Maples - Trees
- Magnolias
- Rhododendrons
- Plants |
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Palm
Trees - Hedging
- Topiary |
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Continue cutting.
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Apply a
feed
and weed. |
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Test the
RCD
socket/plug
for your
lawnmower, hedge cutters
etc. If you don't have one certainly consider buying one. |
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Fork in sharp sand where water
collects.
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Links:
Lawns
- Lawn
Mowers |
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Improve ventilation & shade if
necessary.
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Water morning & night.
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Thin peaches
& grapes. |
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Winter flowering
bulbs can be dried off & rested.
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Tub
roses can pruned & tied up for next year.
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Links:
Greenhouses
- Tomatoes
- Cucumbers |
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Carry on watering &
feeding.
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Keep an eye on wilting & pests.
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Spray leaves with a fine
water mist.
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Links:
House
Plants - Orchids |
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Links:
Water
Gardening - Water
Features - Aquatic
Plants |
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Look
out for... |
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Banded demoiselle |
| Description: A type of damselfly about 45mm long that is active during May to September. The males are unmistakable because of the vivid blue blotch on the wings. The females have uniformly pale green wings. |
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Where to find them: The nymphal stages develop in slow-moving rivers and streams and also sometimes in ponds and lakes.
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Interesting fact: Both adult damselflies and their nymphs are predators. Adult damselflies catch small insects in flight, using their spiny legs to seize their prey. The banded demoiselle is widely distributed in England, Wales and Ireland but appears to be absent from Scotland. In mid summer, there are many other species of damselflies and dragonflies to be seen near ponds, lakes, canals and streams, including in Scotland. For further information see
www.dragonflysoc.org.uk. |
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Links:
Wildlife
- Birds - Frogs,
Toads & Newts - Hedgehogs |
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Flowers
that attract wildlife |
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3rd
- 5th June - Cambridgeshire
Garden Show |
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10th
- 12th June - South
East Essex Garden Show |
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15th
- 19th June - BBC Gardeners’ World
Live |
| 'Shows
& Events' Page. |
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Links:
Shows &
Events Calendar - Chelsea
Flower Show - Hampton
Court Flower Show |
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Tatton
Park Flower Show |
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