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Mid-Summer Gardening Tips

Posted on 15 June 2018

Although the British spring will soon be over there is still plenty to be getting on with in the garden.  The RHS have the following gardening tips for June:

  1. Hoe borders regularly to keep down weeds
  2. Be water-wise, especially in drought-affected areas
  3. Pinch out sideshoots on tomatoes
  4. Harvest lettuce, radish, other salads and early potatoes
  5. Position summer hanging baskets and containers outside
  6. Mow lawns at least once a week
  7. Plant out summer bedding
  8. Stake tall or floppy plants
  9. Prune many spring-flowering shrubs
  10. Shade greenhouses to keep them cool and prevent scorch

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