Spring and the start of the gardening season is upon us once more!
The first flush of early spring risers such as Daffodil, Crocus and Tulips are beginning to bloom.
If you haven’t planted yours already, it’s not too late to plant bulbs such as Cyclamen, Lilly, Gladiolus and Begonia for a summer/autumn display.
Spring is also the time to start sowing vegetable and perennial seeds and seedlings for show stopping borders in summer, (more tender plants should wait until the last frosts have passed).
Other activities include:
Cutting the lawn – the first few cuts on your highest setting, then every two weeks on a medium cut – grass dosen’t like to be cut too short!
Covering soil with a mulch and adding granular fertilizer to feed soil.
Checking for pests and diseases and removing before it infects the rest of plant.
Pruning back late flowering shurbs and winter stems.
Make bug and insect hotels.
Top up bird feeders.
Cut hedges before the nesting season.
Whatever the activity, why not use any excuse to get out and enjoy your garden!