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
If you have ever stood in front of a packet of seeds wondering whether to sow them now or wait, this is the page for you. UK gardening is all about timing. Sow too early and seeds rot in cold soil. Plant out too late and crops do not have time to ripen before autumn. … Read more
Knowing what to do in the garden each month is most of what separates a productive UK plot from a frustrating one, because timing matters more here than technique. This calendar walks the whole year month by month, from the first February sowings under cover to the winter jobs that set up spring, based on … Read more