• Replace and replenish mulches around the base of trees, shrubs and climbers.
  • Move shrubs which have outgrown their space to a new location.
  • Plant out new container- grown trees, shrubs and climbers.
  • Sow hardy annual flowers such as sweet peas.
  • Deadhead springflowering bulbs once they are past their best.
  • Mend damaged areas on the lawn and re-seed or overseed bare or thin patches.
  • Dig in bulky organic matter in areas where you are to grow beans.
  • Prick out seedlings of vegetables such as greenhouse tomatoes and lettuce sown under heat last month.
  • Remove pond netting to stop growing marginal plants becoming entangled.
  • Take basal cuttings from perennial border flowers such as delphiniums, lupins and cranesbill geraniums, putting five around the edge of a 10cm (4in) pot filled with seed compost, water lightly and place in a propagator at 16C (60F), or slip inside a plastic bag and keep indoors.