Go round your garden with a small bucket or bag and take off the dead flower heads from any spring bulbs that have finished.
As I do not use weedkillers on my lawns, I have just spent a couple of hours digging up dandelions before they flower – very satisfying.
Buy courgette, runner bean, pumpkin, sweet corn and squash seeds now for sowing early May.
Look out for large gaps in your borders and treat yourself to one or two new plants to fill them.
