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Gardening jobs for October

As we settle into autumn, there is lots to do to ready your garden for winter. From harvesting the last of your crops to preparing your plants for the cold weather to come.

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Gardening jobs for September

As summer slowly gives way to autumn, September is a busy yet exciting time for us gardeners, filled with planting, harvesting, and preparing the garden for the colder months ahead.

 

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Gardening jobs for July

With its long, sunny days, July is a prime time for tending to the garden. From sowing last batches of seed for this season to helping established plants are look their best, here are some jobs for this month.

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Gardening jobs for June

Summer is here and with the solstice on June 20th marking midsummer, why not take a moment to pause, appreciate your garden and the beauty of nature in this new season. Then, it’s back to work as you take on some of the jobs for June!

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Gardening jobs for May

With the weather finally starting to warm up, May is ideal for spending more time nurturing your outside space. Here are some jobs you can get your little ones to help with in your own gardens this month:

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Gardening jobs for April

Although usually a very wet time of year, April can bring some surprisingly warm and sunny days, providing plenty of opportunity to get stuck into the long list of jobs for this month!

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Stick plant markers

If you’re planting out new plants in your garden or in pots this season or sowing seeds directly outdoors, then these garden stick plant markers are a must have!

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Gardening jobs for February

There’s still lots of planning and preparation to do in February, along with a few practical tasks to ready the garden for spring! Here are some jobs to consider this month

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Growing potatoes with children

If you’ve never grown potatoes with your children before, give it a try! The taste is far superior to shop-bought

potatoes, you can grow them in containers if space is limited, and they’re a great vegetable for children to learn

how to grow and harvest.

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Wildlife-friendly gardening tips for autumn

Now the autumn is well and truly underway here in the UK, it’s tempting to want to tidy up the garden and forget about it until it warms up in spring! However, many birds, insects and small mammals use our gardens as a place to shelter during the colder months - here are four wildlife-friendly gardening tips to help you create a welcoming environment for local wildlife over winter.

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