Wrexham in Bloom - Gardening Calendar: Jobs to do each month

January

  • Recycle your Christmas tree.
  • Consider leaving an area of your garden ‘wild’ this year, as a sanctuary for wildlife – create log piles for invertebrates, sow wildflower seeds or plant trees to provide berries for bird species.
  • Prune apple and pear trees.
  • Start forcing rhubarb.

February

  • Chit potato tubers.
  • Put netting over vegetable crops to keep the birds off.
  • Divide bulbs.

March

  • Plant early potatoes and shallots.
  • Top dress pots with fresh peat-free compost.
  • Check hedges before doing any maintenance – birds will nest in hedges during the spring, and any disturbance may result in birds abandoning the nest, eggs or chicks.

April

  • Sow hardy annuals and herb seeds.
  • Protect fruit blossoms from late frosts.
  • Keep weeds under control.

May

  • 'Earth up' potatoes.
  • Plant out colourful summer bedding plants at end of May.
  • Investigate getting a water butt to save water.

June

  • Pinch out tomato side shoots.
  • Harvest lettuce, early potatoes and radishes.
  • Put out hanging baskets and pots.

July

  • Take extra care of your garden for Wrexham in Bloom!
  • Water tubs as the days grow hot – but only carry out in the mornings and evenings to ensure your watering is most effective.
  • Dead-head flowering plants.

August

  • Collect seeds from your favourite plants to use next year.
  • Prune Wisteria.
  • Harvest vegetables.
  • Lift and pot up rooted strawberry runners.

September

  • Harvest autumn raspberries.
  • Clean out cold frames ready for use.
  • Give evergreen hedges a trim.

October

  • Rake up autumn leaves to use in compost bin.
  • Divide rhubarb crowns to move or pass onto friends.
  • Prune back climbing roses.

November

  • Check bonfires before lighting – hedgehogs often try to hibernate in them. Use a broom handle or rake handle to lift up the bonfire debris, as forks can injure hibernating hedgehogs.

December

  • Plant any deciduous trees and shrubs.
  • Harvest leeks, parsnips, winter cabbage and sprouts.
  • Keep bird feeders and bird baths topped up.

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