About this episode

The episode discusses essential gardening tasks for early May to prepare for a successful summer harvest.

Early May in the garden tasks to set you up for a brilliant summer harvest - get ruthless with weeds, squeeze in your last maincrop potatoes, and mulch now to lock in moisture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topics covered

• gardening
• summer harvest
• weeds
• potatoes
• mulching

Keywords

• maincrop potatoes
• weeds
• mulching
• garden tasks
• summer harvest

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