■ Ensure fruit trees and
bushes have enough water
while the fruit is setting
or the fruitlets may well
be shed.

■ Cover the ground under
strawberries with straw or
matting to protect the
ripening fruit from mud
as well as slugs and other
pests.

■ Feed newly-shooting
hardy fuchsias with a
nitrogen-rich fertiliser
and keep the base free
from weeds.

■ Finish planting up patio
containers to give the plants
enough time to root and
grow well for summer.

■ Water hanging baskets
daily.

■ Sow French and runner
beans, and erect supports
for climbing beans.

■ Harden off aubergines,
courgettes, marrows,
peppers and tomatoes
grown from seed before
planting them outside.

■ Plant out sprouting
broccoli, Brussels sprouts
and summer cabbage.

■ Make more sowings
of carrots, turnips, beet,
lettuce, spinach and ridge
cucumbers.