insideKENT Magazine Issue 86 - May 2019 | Página 144

OUTDOORLIVING
YOUR GARDEN THIS MONTH:
MAY
Summer’s On Its Way
AS BULBS FADE AND HERBACEOUS BORDERS GROW IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS, IT IS NOW
CLEAR THAT SUMMER IS APPROACHING. SOWING AND PLANTING OUT BEDDING CAN
BEGIN, DEPENDING ON REGIONAL WEATHER VARIATIONS, AND YOU CAN TAKE SOFTWOOD
CUTTINGS. IT'S ALSO TIME TO GET BACK INTO THE LAWN MOWING REGIME, AS THE
LAWN WILL BE LOVING THE WARMER TEMPERATURES THIS MONTH BRINGS.
Top 10 Jobs This Month
1. Watch out for late frosts and protect tender plants
2. Earth up potatoes, and promptly plant any still
remaining
3. Plant out summer bedding at the end of the month
(except in cold areas)
4. Water early and late to get the most out of your water,
recycle water when possible
5. Regularly hoe off weeds
6. Open greenhouse vents and doors on warm days
7. Mow lawns weekly
8. Check for nesting birds before clipping hedges
9. Lift and divide overcrowded clumps of daffodils and
other spring-flowering bulbs
10. Watch out for viburnum beetle and lily beetle grubs
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