What to do between the rain showers.

Here are some things to do in the garden this weekend:

🌿 Edge your lawn. Use a spade, lawn edging iron or old bread knife to tidy up the edges of your lawn to really help the garden look great this summer.

🌿 Support your herbaceous plants. Use bamboo canes, woody cuttings or even make some supports from wires to hold up all that green growth before the weight of the flowers pulls them down.

🌿 Prune any early flowering woody plants. To allow lots of growth this year, for next years flowers, cut back any woody plants that have finished flowering. Make sure to check for any bird nests before you start, and leave Magnolias well alone unless they've really gone out of control, as they definitely look better unpruned.

🌿 Deadhead any bulbs like Tulips of Daffodils after the flowers have finished. This will encourage the plant to put all it's effort into resupplying the bulb, and get the leaves to die back quicker.

🌿 Take cuttings. Any non-flowering new growth is great for propagating into new plants. Cut them off just below a leaf bud, snip off the leaves and slot them down the side of a plant pot. Keep the soil moist for free new plants.

🌿 Make a compost heap. Use some old pallets, wood or invest in a new one. Place it in an unused part of the garden, on the soil and let the worms turn your cuttings into black gold to feed your garden next year.

Don't get too upset about the rain, the soil needs it. Enjoy your garden and don't forget to follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more gardening hints and tips for keeping your garden as good as you deserve.