It’s summer – so sit back and enjoy the garden for a while and then……


JOBS IN THE GARDEN


In the vegetable patch


 the curd to protect them from the sun to keep the curd white.


 lettuce, radish, beetroot, carrots and turnips. Sow also winter radish for use from October at the end of the month.


 September.


 good crops into the autumn. Keep all sowings well watered until plants become established as growth is very rapid this time of year.


  years weeds! Weeds such as dandelion, hawkweed or groundsel  to flower, so get them out while they are still young.


 and look out for potato blight as you work, it also attacks tomatoes.


 row, before the soil dries out with lawn cuttings, compost or straw to help conserve moisture.


In the flower beds


 Sternbergia, Amaryllis and Nerine, can be planted. 


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flowers to encourage a second flowering period. Feed after cutting.


 and dead-head dahlias if growing for large blooms. Leave roses that produce attractive hips.


 become patchy, with central areas dying off. These patches can be in-filled with gritty compost, to encourage re-growth.


 propagated by layering or by cuttings. Propagation can improve the appearance of untidy clumps.


 quick-acting feed before they come into bloom, especially if the soil is not very fertile.


In the greenhouse


 when they are large enough to handle. Other young plants, already pricked out, may be ready for transplanting to larger pots.


 during the summer months. Check plants regularly for signs of glasshouse whitefly, leafhopper, glasshouse red spider mite, mealybugs and scale insects.


 monitoring numbers and types of flying pests in the greenhouse. If large numbers of a particular pest are found, treatment can be instigated.


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