Key task
Keep ponds topped up during hot weather for wildlife including frogs and birds. Frogs will also seek out damp shady spots under logs and foliage
This month’s round up..
If July is a hot month, keep bird baths topped up and leave water out for hedgehogs, whose babies should be emerging any day. Cool down the greenhouse by damping down (pouring water on the floor) and move pots into shade.
Prune
■ Apples and pears
■ Cherry trees – after fruiting
■ Gooseberries
■ Rambling roses – after flowering
■ Redcurrants and white currants
Plant
■ Bedding plants
■ Calabrese
■ Courgettes
■ Herbs
■ Leeks
■ Winter brassicas
Sow
■ Biennial flowers
■ Calabrese
■ Carrots
■ Chicory
■ Chinese cabbages
■ Florence fennel
■ French and runner beans
■ Pak choi
■ Radishes
■ Spring cabbages
■ Turnips
Harvest
■ Beetroot
■ Carrots
■ Courgettes
■ Garlic
■ Onions
■ Peas
■ Potatoes
■ Salad leaves
■ Soft fruit
■ Spinach
■ Tomatoes
This month’s Star plants
1 Astrantia major ‘Snow Star’
If you have a gap in a partly-shaded area in your garden, this is the plant for you. The white flowers have a subtle greenish tip to the petals and light up a dim corner.
