What to harvest now

🌾Now can be harvested: mint, strawberry, thyme, rosemary, sage, zaatar, basil, fennel as well as green onions, radish, spinach, peas, mallow, fava beans

💐 Flowers cuttings: sweet peas, ranunculus, lilac, snapdragon, cornflower, roses, iris, peony

What to sow or plant now

🌱 You can plant now: lupin, lettuce, fennel, zucchini, rucola (rocket), corn, broccoli, carrots as well as fava and beans in succession every other week. Last call for celery, cucumber, eggplant, okra, stevia, tomato, sunflower

📹 🍅 Check my lastest video on planting tomato from seeds

🌱 You still have time to sow directly outdoor: rocket (rucola),all salads, aromatic herbs such as coriander, parsley, dill, and caraway, oregano, cuminum, melon, watermelon

🌱 Continue to successively plant (every other week) radish, onions, garlic and shallots (to extend growing periods)

🌱 There are bulbs for every season: plant now gladioli, calla lily, agapanthus to enjoy and harvest in summer

🌱 Sow now nasturtium, zinnia and all annuals annual flowers to attract and feed pollinators

🌱 For more information of what and when to sow indoors or outdoors, check our Seeds and Seasons Calendar for help

To-do list

✔️ Remove faded leaves of spring bulbs. You can leave them or remove and store them to replant in autumn.

✔️ Remove weeds before they make and release seeds or compete with your plants for nutrients. Add them to your compost bin

✔️ Be economical when watering plants; control water collection systems; organize irrigation time

✔️ Watch out for aphids on young leaves, and remove by hand or spray with a soap-based solution before they cause any damage

✔️ Divide perennials if these are overcrowded

✔️ Protect emerging seedlings from slugs and snails naturally: consider natural predators (salamanders…); plants such as sage, lavender, thyme; well drain your soil and check for more iron in your natural fertilizer

✔️ Prepare soil (amend with compost)

✔️ Monitor the soil moisture around the trees and begin watering dry areas regularly but gradually, particularly for olive and fig trees

✔️ Be mindful with crop rotation: rotate crops and mix flowers/veggies companions. Check our advice if you did not plan it yet

Sustainability actions

🐝 Remember the vast majority of insects are good

🐝 Remember biodiversity is key: plant nectar-rich blooms like lavender and sunflowers for bees, butterflies and other insects

🐝Be mindful and cut down on transport emissions and packaging waste as you grow your own vegetables

🐝Collect rainwater for irrigation and be economical in use

🐝Preserve heirloom seeds from your best plants for next year.

🐝Avoid monoculture and rotate or mix crops and flowers to prevent pest outbreaks