Plant sweetcorn – all the juicy sweetness in corn cobs is lost if you don’t eat them within (literally) minutes of harvesting – so you really will only ever experience sweetcorn as it should be when you grow your own. All they need for success is sun and moisture
Cover strawberries and soft fruits with netting to keep birds off
Sow seeds of the following vegetables outside now: radish, runner beans, calabrese, pak choi, marrows, courgettes, chicory, kohl rabi, lettuce, marrows, swede, turnip, French beans and endive
Water crops in growing bags and pots daily, adding a liquid feed once a week
Introduce biological controls if you have discovered pests, such as whitefly and red spider mite
Pinch out developing sideshoots on tomato stems, and train cucumbers and tomatoes to supports
Empty, mix and refill compost bins to improve the composting process
Cut back the foliage of daffodils to clear beds for summer planting and plant out tender summer-bedding plants
Take cuttings from hydrangeas, fuchsias, pelargoniums, osteospermums, marguerites, coleus and verbena
Hoe the soil surface between flowers and crops to remove weed seedlings
Feed fast-growing plants with fertiliser
Give wooden furniture a facelift, sanding smooth then applying teak wood oil
