Top Jobs To Do In Your Garden In June
Top jobs to do in your garden in June
In June we start to get long summer days and warm light evenings. The garden comes into bloom, with lots of colourful & fragrant flowers meaning it's a great time to relax in your garden, but as always there's jobs to do as well.
Watering
Particularly containers and anything recently planted in borders. Watering in the morning or evening to avoid much water loss through evaporation and water the soil, not the the plant leaves to avoid scorching
Summer Bedding
Now is a great time to plant summer bedding into your borders. Make sure to protect them from slugs and snails while the plants get used to their new homes
Dead-heading Roses
Dead-head roses (remove dead flowers) to encourage a second flowering. When doing so cut rose back to a strong side shoot and feed the roses afterwards
Prune Shrubs
Prune early summer shrubs that have finished flowering. Cut the stems about one third back to let lots of air and light into the plant and feed the plants with a multi-purpose feed afterwards
Trim Hedges
Continue trimming hedges and topiary such as privet, box & yew. After trimming the hedges will benefit from a good watering and feed
Harvest Fruits!
Soft fruits such as strawberries & raspberries should have begun fruiting and can now start to be harvested. Some vegetable crops can also be harvested such as peas, broad beans carrot & beetroots. It's time to start enjoying the fruits of your labour!
Thin Out Fruit Trees
If you have fruit trees then these can be thinned out by removing fruits to encourage the remaining fruits to develop fully
Tomatoes
It should now be safe to plant tomato plants outdoors
Lawns
Begin mowing your lawn weekly
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