| Time Saving Tip: Don’t start watering a newly sown lawn unless there is likely to be a drought. Once you start to water you have to do it on a regular basis or the new, young plants of grass will suffer. |
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| Money Saving Tip: Start using lettuce when they are half grown. If you wait until they are fully grown some will bolt producing flower heads before you can use them all. |
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| Plants growing at the base of walls tend to need more watering. The soil escapes most of the rain being sheltered by the eaves. There may be a lot of builder’s debris in the soil causing it to be free draining and impoverished. |
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| Where there are children, remove the tips of leaves of yucca, especially Yucca gloriosa. They are dangerously sharp and liable to cause eye or posterior damage as you bend over |
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| Transplant leek seedlings. Don’t cut the leaves in half .Simply place them in a 6 inch hole made with a brush shaft and water them in. |
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| Remove the tips of the broad beans to prevent attacks by black fly. If they are already covered with this pest pinch out the infected tip and dump or burn. |
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| Clematis may be propagated now by layering a low shoot. Peg it into the ground and cover with compost.Hold it firmly in place with a large stone. The stem will be well rooted and ready for transplanting next spring. |
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| If the weather turns dry this month newly planted trees and shrubs will benefit from watering. Soak the area of the roots and mulch to conserve moisture. |
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| Feed the tomato plants every time you water using a high potash liquid feed. |
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| July is the safest time to prune plums and cherries.There is less risk from silver leaf disease. Prune back new growths |