Get sowing – summer squash, sweet peas, calendula, tagetes, peas, salad – and enjoy this special time of year
It’s finally May, the gardener’s month of active sun. Two hours more light a day by Friday 31st. It is the start of my favourite time, since I was a child, with the promise of endless summer. Like the start of the long school holidays.
It is also my duty to warn you, though, that there may still be a (slight) possibility of frost. Be mindful with tender seedlings and harden them off before planting outside. Take care not to overcrowd them (truthfully, this is my greatest garden weakness – just ask Howard, who will be shaking his head).
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