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Around the garden checklist

Around the garden checklist

23 - 29 June 2008

Picking off dead rhododendron flowers

Use this page as a checklist for this week's most important tasks.

It's printer friendly so you could pin it up in your garden shed.

It's time to...

It's time to...
  • Pick dead flower heads off rhododendrons and azaleas
  • Hoe borders to keep down weeds, or treat with weedkiller
  • Scoop floating weed out of garden ponds with a net
  • Feed lawns with a liquid or granular lawn fertiliser
  • Trim hedges like privet and Lonicera nitida
  • Use a circuit breaker (RCD) when using mowers and outdoor electric power tools
  • Fill gaps in borders with pots of tall bulbs, like lilies, to add colour
  • Clean paths and paving with a pressure washer, then water with a solution to deter moss and algae

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