Seeds to start
French beans, Courgettes, Succession salads
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Garden Calendar
Automatically updates each day with UK-friendly tasks, tips, and seasonal focus.
Today
Monday, 11 May 2026 - Growth month and gap filling
Things to plant out
Tomatoes after last frost, Peppers outdoors (sheltered), Pumpkins/squash
Ready now
Radishes, Lettuce, Rhubarb
Maintenance focus
Pinch side shoots on cordon tomatoes, Set up supports and ties, Feed hungry pots weekly
Monthly planner
August tasks
Sow
What to sow
Spinach, Pak choi, Winter lettuce
Plant
What to plant
Overwintering brassicas, Spring cabbage plugs, Strawberries (new beds)
Harvest
What to harvest
Tomatoes, Potatoes, Onions
Jobs
Key jobs
Cure onions and garlic, Save seed from best plants, Clear spent crops quickly
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- Don't Let One Cold Night Wipe Out Your Entire Garden: How to Protect Your Plants from Late Spring Frosts - Yahoo: best next steps for UK gardeners
- 7 ‘clever’ plants that will naturally deter slugs & wasps from your garden - The Sun: how to protect your garden this week
- Tomato plants will 'grow faster and give bigger harvests' if you add 1 kitchen scrap to water - The Mirror: what it means for UK gardeners
- 6 drought-tolerant shrubs to plant in May for a climate-resilient garden – these varieties thrive in warm weather - Ideal Home: what it means for UK g
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- Monty Don shares his top May tomato planting tips for a bountiful crop - Cambridge News: what it means for UK gardeners
- Not eggshells or bark – add 1 item to flower beds to banish slugs fast - Daily Express: what UK gardeners should do now
- Banish snails and slugs from your garden using 'secret weapon' that 'few know about' - The Mirror: what UK gardeners should do now
- 5 scents ants hate, and how to use them to stop these pests plaguing your home and garden this summer - Ideal Home: best next steps for UK gardeners
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