Can we have a thread for what we should be doing in the garden this month? Here's one for February

[hunkermunker]

My name is Hunker and I am a novice gardener.

I would like it looking fantastic all year round.

It currently looks "OK".

We have some grass. Some paving at the end. Two sheds. Two apple trees. A path down one side (overgrown - flowerbed spilling onto it), flowerbed with some things in [dunno what]

And a huge light-sapping tree that has All Sorts growing on it which will have to come down when next door have their extension (can we make them pay for it, they're lovely?).

I know lots of gardening terminology and I have a kneeler pad, some nice gloves, a trowel, fork and hoe thingummy - oh, and a trug.

I'd like the garden to look pretty and provice food for us - salad, especially - and blueberries - VVV says they're v easy to grow - although how can I stop DS2 snarfing them off the sodding bush?

Annakeyrules - deffo worth trying the cuttings but may be too cold for them to root. Lavatera strikes almost 100% from heel cuttings ripped off in August and I suspect that you would have more luck with dogwood by doing the same technique, but there may be wiser heads than mine out there

Mahonia KM. Smells LOVELY too,and flowers in teh winter.

Thanks sal, it'll be worth a try, then. I have a lavatera, as well, so I'll be busy in August, too

What a good idea for a regular slot!

I'm pretty clueless when it comes to gardens but want to learn.

I'll give this months a miss though as our garden currently looks like a muddy building site (complete with a mini digger in the middle much to DS's delight!) as its being landscaped (we're on a bit of a hill).

As soon as the basics are done I'll need to start the finer points of planting etc.