ORCHARD : Fruit day under a waxing crescent moon — a good moment to thin apple and pear fruitlets where clusters are crowded, leaving one per spur roughly 15 cm from its neighbour. This directs energy into fewer, larger fruits with better flavour. Raspberry canes that have finished fruiting can be cut right to the base now, opening the canopy so young canes develop strongly for next year.
VEGETABLE PATCH : Transplanting fruiting vegetables suits the day well. Cucumber plants can go out at 60 cm in the row, rows 100 cm apart — firm the soil and water in at the base. Sweet pepper plants do well set 40 cm apart in rows 50 cm wide; stake each stem lightly on exposed sites. Melon plants, if ready, need 80 cm between plants and 100 cm between rows in the warmest corner of the plot.
LANDSCAPING : Wisteria summer pruning is worth tackling now — shorten new lateral shoots back to five or six leaves from the main framework to keep the plant tidy and encourage flowering spurs for next spring.