JOBS TO DO THIS WEEK
Roses are starting to put out fresh foliage – this is a key time to spray against mildew and black spot and apply a slow-release organic fertiliser at the base for a healthy plant. Tie in climbing roses using figure of eight ties.
Mulch around box hedging with a well-rotted manure – they have surface roots which will absorb available nutrients. Also mulch around spring bulbs that have flowered to stop them drying out.
Start sowing indoors runner beans and pumpkins, which will be ready for planting outdoors after the last frost in May.
Earth up early potatoes as soon soon as green shoots appear. Covering the stems encourages new tubers to develop from the stems and you are also ensuring tubers are not exposed to light, which would turn them green.
Keep bird baths and feeders topped up with water and seed to encourage birds to your garden.
Start sowing indoors runner beans and pumpkins, which will be ready for planting outdoors after the last frost in May.
Yet he accompanied the Queen to the celebrations at St George’s Chapel in Windsor in May 2018.
The following January the Duke’s Range Rover collided with a Kia near Sandringham which led to him surrendering his driving licence.
In late 2019, he was admitted to hospital over a “pre-existing condition” but was later discharged after recovering.
There was joy for Philip with the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s first child, Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor – the 98-year-old’s eighth great-grandchild. He and the Queen met the tot at Windsor Castle when he was two days old.
But when Harry and Meghan announced plans to quit the royals, the Prince reportedly barked: “What the hell are they playing at?”