- Keep weeds under control – use your oscillating hoe (have some in stock) and also get down on your hands and knees.
- Protect fruit blossom from late frosts.
- Tie-in climbing and rambling roses.
- Sow hardy annuals, herbs and wild flower seed – Sunflowers, Cosmos, Ammi Majus, Calendula, Cleome, Marigolds, Basil, Coriander, Dill and Chervil.
- Start to feed citrus plants – oranges and lemons. I have them in pots which I protect during the winter.
- Increase the water given to houseplants – tidy them up, check if they could do with a compost freshen up and take cuttings.
- Feed hungry shrubs and roses. Chicken manure pellets are a great slow release general fertiliser.
- Sow new lawns or repair bare patches. Only time to water grass is when it has been seeded.
- Plant summer bulbs, corms and tubers – Dahlias, Begonias, Gladioli, Calla Lilies (Zantedeschia) ,Lilies to name a few.
- Vegetable seeds – here are a few – corn,broccoli ,beetroot, kale, peppers (Capsicums), Perpetual spinach, tomatoes again wonderful opportunity to sow perennial seeds to flower in your garden for many years.