Welcome to "Jobs in the Garden" - my recommendations and tips of jobs to do in the garden each month.

Bite, frost, bite!
You roll up away from light
The blue wood-louse, the plump dormouse

Any veg areas should be weeded and roughly dug over with an addition of compost/mulch on the surface. Let the worms pull it down when it warms up.

A tricky month March, the weather can be so fickle.
"A peck of March dust is worth a king's ransom."
"So many misties in March,

"April showers bring forth May flowers."
"An April flood carries away the frog and her brood."
An explosion of colour, leaves and life!

"A May flood never did good!"
Mist in May, Heat in June,
Make the Harvest come right soon!"

Heady scents of June, Roses, Lilacs, Mock Orange,
Star Jasmin, Lilies…..
Scent in your Garden –

"St Swithin's day if ye do rain,
For forty days it will remain."
Summer – July is often the hottest month of the year.

"August ripens, September gathers in;
August bears the burden,
September the fruit."

September is the “Season of mists and fruitfulness” J Keats
A wonderful month with the harvest in full flow, - “September blow soft till the fruits in the loft”

"For every fog in October, a snow in the Winter!"
"When great leaves fall the Winter is at hand"
Evening red and morning grey, 
Are sure signs of a fine day!"

Words of Wisdom Past.
"If there's ice in November that will bear a duck,
They'll be nothing after but sludge and muck!"

“The glossy holly lined the path,
The Yew tree lent its shadow dark,
And many an old oak, worn and bare