Seasonal Gardening helps you understand what to do in your garden throughout the year. These guides focus on monthly and seasonal tasks, planting times and weather considerations for UK gardeners.
June is the month the garden finally pays you back. The slow grind of spring is behind you, the tender crops are out, the soil is warm, and suddenly everything starts growing properly. The trick in June is keeping up rather than catching up. A little work now spreads across months of harvests later. If … Read more
June is one of the best months in the UK gardening year. The soil is warm, frost risk has passed across most of the country, and there is still plenty of time for both direct sowings and transplanting tender crops that have been growing on indoors. Whether you are planting out for summer harvests or … Read more
May is a great month for flowers. The soil is warm, the days are long, and most things you plant now will be flowering by July. Whether you have a border, a veg patch, or just a few pots outside the back door, there is plenty you can get going in May. One thing to … Read more
If you only have one good month for sowing in the UK, May is probably it. The soil has warmed up properly, days are long, and seeds that would have sat in cold ground doing nothing in March will germinate quickly and reliably now. You also still have enough growing season ahead of you that … Read more
May is the month when the garden stops waiting and starts demanding. Everything happens at once seeds need sowing, tender plants need planting out, weeds appear from nowhere, and somehow you’re also supposed to be keeping on top of watering, feeding, and pest control. It’s brilliant, but it helps to know what actually needs doing … Read more
Late frost is one of the most frustrating parts of spring gardening. You wait patiently for soil to improve, you check for the signs covered in Signs Soil Is Ready for Planting Vegetables, you finally plant — and then temperatures suddenly drop overnight. By morning, tender seedlings look collapsed, blackened or water-soaked. Understanding which vegetables … Read more
One of the most common reasons vegetables struggle in spring is not poor weather, weak seedlings or lack of fertiliser. It is planting into soil that simply is not ready yet. Warm days can arrive quickly, garden centres fill with plants, and everything feels ready to grow — yet underground conditions often remain cold, wet … Read more
Every spring, gardeners feel the urge to start planting as soon as the first warm days arrive. The sun feels stronger, garden beds begin drying out, and plants in garden centres appear ready to go. It’s easy to assume that early planting gives vegetables a head start. In reality, planting too early is one of … Read more
One of the most common planting mistakes gardeners make is relying on warm days rather than warm soil. Sunshine may return, temperatures may rise, and gardens can look ready for planting — yet vegetables often struggle, stall, or fail entirely. This happens because soil warms far more slowly than the air above it. While spring … Read more