Job of the week
Mow the lawn
Mow your lawn now and you'll enjoy a greener, denser and harder-wearing patch throughout the summer. Whether you want a bowling-green lawn or just a bit of grass for the kids to play on, regular mowing will improve the appearance of your lawn and help keep it looking its best.
Takes just: 30 minutes
Flowers
- Sprinkle granular fertiliser round roses
- Sow sweet peas into deep pots
- Move evergreen shrubs and conifers to new sites
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Fruit and veg
- Sow peas in lengths of guttering under cover
- Plant out onion sets in rows
- Carefully dig away grass or plants growing close to fruit trees
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Greenhouse
- Plant canna lilies in pots
- Sow strawberry seeds, including alpine varieties
- Visit garden centres to buy young bedding plants
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Around the garden
- Replenish gravel and grit mulches around alpine plants
- Put slug barrier products around the tender new shoots
- Dig plenty of compost into heavy clay soils
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