May Jobs
What to do in the Garden in May
Isn’t Spring nice, eh?! The days are longer, the days are slightly warmer. Here’s a list of things you may want to do in your garden.
Vegetable Garden
Get some of your seedlings started. In our May box you can find Dwarf French Beans (a firm fav of mine), Brussel Sprouts, Swiss Chard and Rocket.
Other Jobs
Weeds will be coming up like there is no tomorrow, so it’s time to get rid of them. If you find any weeds or wild flowers that you don’t want in your garden but could be used for eating, skincare or general wellness you could explore using them. We’ve got an article about foraging here.
Frost is still a possibility in the UK, so you want to keep protecting tender plants from any late frost.
Now is the time to start watering either in the early morning or in the evening. If there is loads of sun this month, you don’t want to risk scorching your plants. Check our our article all about rainwater.
Said with our chest an’ all! Gardening doesn’t stop when the summer ends.
At the Grow Guide HQ we practice organic gardening methods all year round, and sometimes things grow in weird and unusual ways or get nibbled by pests.
So you’re heading on holiday — how do you keep your plants alive when the sun is blazing?
Gardening is more than just germinating seeds, weeding and harvesting.
Companion planting is all about bringing together communities of plants to support each other. So what plants work well together?
How to prick your plants and move them on to bigger pots.
In January we released the basic tools list, this is the pro edition of that list.