Job of the week
Make glass jar lanterns
Enjoy life outdoors longer through the summer evenings with the help of these simple jar lanterns. Perfect for a barbecue or party, they'll bring a sparkle to you garden in the evening and cost just a few pounds to make. Create lots of lanterns for a dramatic display and they'll really light up the scene.
Takes just: 20 minutes
Flowers
- Dead pelargoniums and other summer bedding plants
- Prune wisteria, cutting back whippy sideshoots
- Water plants in pots and baskets
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Fruit and veg
- Check sweetcorn to see if it's ripe and ready to pick
- Pick beans and water crops regularly
- Lift onions once their tops die down
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Greenhouse
- Buy pansies and other winter bedding plug plants
- Damp down the greenhouse floor on hot days
- Water crops in pots and growing bags
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Around the garden
- Sow green manure crops to fill bare soil
- Remove pond weeds
- Hoe and hand weed borders
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