- Prune deciduous Magnolias. If this is done at other times of the year it can cause plant bleeding.
- Use grey water from baths sinks and showers within 24 hours for flowering plants, not edibles.
- Prune early summer flowering shrubs.
- Sw cabbages.
- Keep on top of weeds by hoeing on a dry day.
- Remove fruit tree suckers as close to the soil as possible.
- Do not water the lawn! It will recover once rain starts again.
- Prune gooseberries and currants.
- Take cuttings of penstemon, lavender and salvias.
- Leave some nettles for food for caterpillars of butterflies such as the Red Admiral.
- Give newly planted trees and shrubs a drink. A good soaking is better than little and often.
- Water celery, fennel and celeriac.
- Cut back hardy geraniums, which will give you a second flush of flowers later in the year.
- Deadhead bedding plants.
- Tie in climbers.
