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Jobs for May in the Vegetable Garden

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May, 2012
By Sally Osgerby
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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

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

celery plant

 

Plant into ground at end of month:

beans, squash, courgettes, sweetcorn & pumpkins

courgette ready to plant

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

thinning out beetroot

 

  • prepare ground for leeks
rake seed bed

rake seed bed

 

  • stake broad beans
broad bean plant Optica

broad bean plant Optica

 

  • put straw under strawberries
Straw Under Strawberry

Straw Under Strawberry

  • weed, hoe & mulch regularly
    weed too big to hoe

    weed too big to hoe

     

    May is a busy time in the vegetable garden with lots of jobs to be done!

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