Jobs for May in the Vegetable Garden will be dominated by watering, if rain does not come soon!
Sow:
- into seedbeds – brussels sprouts, broccoli, winter cabbage & kale
place seed in trench
- directly into the ground – peas, lettuce, salad leaves, spring onions, beetroot, rocket, carrots, coriander & kohlrabi
Harden off:
celery plants to set outdoors at end of month
celery plant
Plant into ground at end of month:
beans, squash, courgettes, sweetcorn & pumpkins
courgette ready to plant
Crop:
- cabbages & spinach left from winter
- new-crop lettuce, salad leaves, rocket and spring onions
Other jobs:
- thin seedlings
thinning out beetroot
- prepare ground for leeks
rake seed bed
broad bean plant Optica
Straw Under Strawberry
- weed, hoe & mulch regularly
weed too big to hoe
May is a busy time in the vegetable garden with lots of jobs to be done!