Weekly jobs
UNLESS frost is forecast, there are a jobs you can get on with. Your pots and hanging baskets can go outside permanently if you have been gradually acclimatising them to outside conditions in the last few weeks. If not, start to leave them outside during the day so they can adjust gradually.
YOU can plant tender plants such as cannas and dahlias outside and sow tender annuals outdoors too. It’s summer bedding time so if you fancy some colour, plant some pelargoniums, begonias, lobelias and antirrhinums into your pots and beds.
IN the veg garden, you can sow seeds directly outdoors that had to be done indoors up until now the casks. IWSC’s Amarone Trophy It sits in the bodega which is no mean feat. for 7 or 8 years before Received wine it’s released. wisdom is often that The result is a depth renowned ‘names’ such of flavour that’s quite as Amarone, Barolo, and special. Chateauneuf du Pape The nose is bready tend be disappointing at while iodine is a very the supermarkets. prevalent note before So I was taken aback the palate hits home over the quality here as I with apple settled back with a glass freshness. TESCO Finest South over Game of Thrones. I suspect that not African Cinsault 2018 In fact, I mused that every bottling is Vegan (£7.50 Tesco) Amarone might be how the same. Cinsault is perhaps the strongest wines from Over a couple of best known as a Dorne, a winemaking days in the fridge, supporting red in blends region of Westeros, must creamy, nutty from Southern France, taste. It’s made from notes start to take especially in rose. partially raisined over. But like many other Corvina and It usually grapes such as Carignan Rhondinella grapes to doesn’t last or Graciano in Spain it is produce a dry table wine much longer being elevated to a that carries plenty of than that. single varietal in the sweetness. I SMELT it before I saw Matches are right circumstances. This example is it – the unmistakable crab, This wine, from South impeccable with many perfume hovering in the air.ManchegoAfrica,offersapurestrataoffruitfrom cheese, olives, expression that is dense brambly berries to sweet Yes, lilacs are in nuts and an with flavour but very cherries. blossom now and the array of tapas fresh. There’s also a dark scent is intoxicating. dishes. It works best lightly chocolate and coffee Their flowering chilled so it’s perfect for edge to the palate which season is short, so stop a barbecue or a lazy is rich without every and sniff now. lunch eating cheeses being cloying as it gets It’s a low and cured meats. lifted by a fresh finish. maintenance shrub that The tannins are warm grows well in most and ripe. well-drained, fertile The perfect match for soils, with a preference cheeses after dinner or your favourite box set. TESCO Finest Tingleup Riesling 2017 (£8.50) This won a medal for Tesco in the whites great value award £8-£12 category.
It’s a great match for Asian dishes with notes of lime leaves on the nose and a full -on palate dominated by citrus notes and a spicy tang.
It’s Riesling with tropical exuberance. TESCO Finest Amarone 2015 (£18) This one picked up a gold medal in the SYRINGA VULGARIS – LILAC such as pumpkins, courgettes, squash, French beans and sweetcorn. If you haven’t planted potatoes yet, get them in this month.
EARTH up potatoes plants – draw soil up to stem and create ridges of soil.
KEEP successional sowing of quick to crop vegetables such as salad, beetroot and radish.
LIGHTLY hoe borders to remove weed seedlings which will dry out on the soil surface.
OPEN vents and doors in glasshouses on warm days to improve circulation.
OVERCROWDED spring bulbs can be lifted and divided once they start to die down. for alkaline soil – it even likes chalky soil.
Avoid pruning it as it flowers on old wood but you can remove spent flowers in summer if they are unsightly.
It can be susceptible to the lilac leaf mining moth – you will notice brown blotches on the leaf or the leaf will roll up. Just remove affected leaves.
Best white variety is Madame Lemoine and for purple blooms look for Charles Joly.