Jobs for the month… May

• Sowings of tender vegetables – French beans, cucumbers, squash, courgettes

• Sowings of hardy annuals

• Sowing of succession vegetables radish, lettuce, some herbs such as basil and dill

• Planting up summer bedding in pots and clearing the spring bulb displays away, protect summer bedding from the cold

• harden off bedding and tender perennials such as dahlias and cannas by introducing them to the outside

• Potting on tomatoes for the greenhouse and outside

• Potting on sowings of basil

• Hoeing off weeds

• Keep a watch on frosty nights

• Put in place plant supports for perennials that need them

• Harvesting of early crops, lettuce, radish, spinach, spring onion, and pak choi

• Planting out of various vegetables grown as plugs such as lettuce

• Gradually reduce the height of the lawn to desire height if you need to mow, or leave daisies, dandelions and other wildflowers to flower to provide food for wildlife

• Keep a slug and snail watch remove by hand and relocate

• Take time to watch wildlife in your garden