Job of the week
Divide irises
Were your irises lacklustre this year with precious few blooms? If so, give them a boost by lifting and dividing clumps and next year they'll flower their socks off.
Takes just: 30 minutes
Flowers
- Lift, divide and replant congested flag irises after flowering
- Deadhead border perennials
- Pick dead flowers off rhododendrons
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Fruit and veg
- Sow cabbages to pick as spring greens
- Thin heavy crops of apples, pears and plums
- Tie in new raspberry canes to support wires
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Greenhouse
- Pinch out tomato sideshoots developing from the stem
- Fit automatic vent openers to help control air flow
- Tie in tomato shoots to their supports, and water daily
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Around the garden
- Keep lawn edges trimmed
- Look out for cabbage white butterfly eggs
- Remove blanket weed from ponds
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