Jobs to be getting on with this month.
If you have access to Facebook please come and join us on the society Facebook page. A great place to share our love of gardens, gardening and all things horticultural , especially in these difficult times. You do not need to be a member of the society to be welcomed into the Facebook group, just answer a couple of questions from our admin – we look forward to seeing you there.
- Mow the lawn when dry, with blades on medium cut.
- Mix grass cuttings into the compost heap.
- Smarten up lawn edges.
- Apply spring lawn dressing.
- Dead head primula, winter-flowering pansies and violas
- Dead head daffodils do not cut back foliage.
- Protect new spring shoots from slugs and snails.
- Lift and divide overgrown clumps of perennials.
- Ventilate greenhouse and conservatory on warm days.
- Sow seeds of bedding plants and sweet peas.
- Sow seeds of tomatoes, aubergines, cucumbers and peppers in greenhouse.
- Prick out early sown seedlings, handle by the leaves.
- Inspect greenhouse plants for signs of pest or disease.
- Top dress planted containers with fresh compost.
- Pot plant summer-flowering bulbs, available now from our Trading Centre.
- Prune hybrid tea and floribunda roses.
- Prune late flowering varieties of Clematis.
- Continue planting roses, shrubs, conifers and soft fruit.
- Top dress beds and borders with a general fertiliser,
available now from our Trading Centre.. - Deal with weeds before they get out of hand.
- Plant shallots, onion sets and Jerusalem artichoke.
- Plant early potatoes, available from our Trading Centre.
- Sow peas, summer cabbages, early cauliflowers, carrots and lettuce under cloches.
- Start an asparagus bed.
- Spread compost and fertilizer around fruit trees.
- Clean out and sterilize bird boxes and tables.