Now that the risk of frost has gone, it’s time to plant up your containers, hanging baskets and planters.
If any of the plants in your hanging baskets start to become misshapen then be sure to regularly trim any of the excess off – this will ensure they have a nice busy growth. Make sure you water your hanging baskets at least twice a week; and liquid-feed them with a high-potash tomato fertiliser at fourteen-day intervals. Now, sit back and enjoy watching them bloom!
Just as all your hard work starts to show, you may have some uninvited visitors in your garden… slugs. Ensure that you have slug control on hand and can curb the problem before it starts. Cut back spring-flowering shrubs and plant out your summer bedding plants.
Vegetables: If you love your vegetable garden then there’s plenty to do this month. Firstly, plant sweet corn in cloche-warmed soil. It’s also time to sow a lot of veggies – French and runner beans, beetroot, calabreses, Chinese cabbage, Florence fennel, kohl rabi, marrows and courgettes can all be sown this month – be sure to do this in fertile, free-draining soil.
Sow brassicas for the winter
Sow kale, calabrese, purple sprouting broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower use over winter and early next year. They can either be sown under cover or in an outside seed bed, before being transplanted to their final position later in the year.
Keep your lawn well cut
Regular mowing of your lawn will keep the grass in great shape, and will mean that it doesn’t take you too long as you are just taking a little off the top. Don’t cut it too short or you’ll end up with brown patches when the weather is dry. June is a good month for top dressing and fertilizing your lawn as the grass will be in full growth and don’t forget keep on top of those weeds.
Vegetables: If you love your vegetable garden then there’s plenty to do this month. Firstly, plant sweet corn in cloche-warmed soil. It’s also time to sow a lot of veggies – French and runner beans, beetroot, calabreses, Chinese cabbage, Florence fennel, kohl rabi, marrows and courgettes can all be sown this month – be sure to do this in fertile, free-draining soil.
Sow brassicas for the winter
Sow kale, calabrese, purple sprouting broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower use over winter and early next year. They can either be sown under cover or in an outside seed bed, before being transplanted to their final position later in the year.
Keep your lawn well cut
Regular mowing of your lawn will keep the grass in great shape, and will mean that it doesn’t take you too long as you are just taking a little off the top. Don’t cut it too short or you’ll end up with brown patches when the weather is dry. June is a good month for top dressing and fertilizing your lawn as the grass will be in full growth and don’t forget keep on top of those weeds.
