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Keep spraying your roses, remembering not to spray when there is a high bee activity.
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Sow any biennials.
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Keep an eye on your herbaceous plants. A few hours of heavy rain or wind can do a lot of damage. Prop up your plants up with bamboo and tie if necessary.
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Take care not to let nay plants dry out. Young plants are especially vulnerable to drying out and seldom recover fully if they dry out too much.
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Check the ventilation in the greenhouse.
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The daffodils which produced such a lovely display in the spring, are now yellow and ready to be divided or lifted if necessary. Depending on the weather they are turn yellow earlier.
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Check your fruit trees for ‘Suckers’. These will need to be dug up, as they take the growing energy from the main plant.
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Continue to sow vegetables such as lettuce, scallions and radishes. Thin any carrots or beat-roots.
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Keep an eye on your lawn; you may notice dry areas at the base of hedges or trees where the larger plants are taking all the water from the grass. Unfortunately, in warm water it is not always possible to use mains water to water the lawn. If you are having a problem like this every year, you may consider changing this area into a flower bed.
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As the young shoots of blackberries and loganberries grow, keep them tied to the supporting wires. They are very brittle and easily broken if not supported adequately.
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Early broad beans will have set about three clusters of flowers by now and now is a good time to encourage pods to develop by pinching out the growing tip. This will also help to prevent black fly damage as they like to feed on the young tips.
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Early potatoes should be lifted and when the site is clear it can prepared for planting leeks.
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To keep onions growing steadily, water when the soil is dry and give the plants a weekly feed of a general organic based fertiliser.
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As dessert cherries begin to ripen, protect them from birds.
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Asparagus cutting should stop about this time so that the crowns have a reasonable period in which to build up their strength for next years cropping.
