July - Monthly Garden Tips

To keep your garden looking its best, now is the time to deadhead flowers as they fade and replace them with new plants for instant colour.  Your container plants will need to be fed and watered, using saucers underneath the container in order to conserve water.  Whilst the weather is dry and fences and exterior woodwork should be treated to ensure longevity and ponds cleared of algae and weed build up.

There is a lot to harvest in your vegetable patch, including new potatoes, carrots, salad crops, spinach and onions.  Any courgettes should be picked before they ripen into marrows.  To prepare for the winter, leeks and brassicas should be sown alongside turnips, fennel and spring cabbage.