May

Outdoor Projects
  1. A reminder to prune spring-flowering shrubs immediately after blooming.
  2. Prune the now finished spring-flowering perennials: keeps them healthy for next year.
  3. Time to shop for bedding plants for best selection: plant up your window boxes and stuff patio       containers full of your favourites and set out, weather permitting. Monitor the weather and, if       necessary, provide a little night protection.
  4. Plant out tomatoes, corn, beans, melons, cucumbers, etc.
  5. Apply a slow-releasing fertilizer to lawn.
  6. Deadhead spring blooming tulips and Daffodils.
  7. Plant out dahlia tubers.
  8. Put sticky bands of tanglefoot around trees to deter pests.
  9. Finish pruning roses.
10. Spray weed killer around fences, buildings, etc. to keep weeding to a minimum.
11. Remove the seed-heads on Rhododendrons and Azaleas.
12. Keep an eye out for dandelions in the lawn. Destroy before they have a chance to flower.



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