VEGETABLE PATCH : Fruit day under a waxing crescent moon — transplanting fruiting crops is where your energy is best spent today. Aubergine plants can go out 50 cm apart in rows 60 cm wide; press the soil firmly around each stem and water in at the base. Watermelon deserves the sunniest corner: space plants 100 cm in the row, rows 150 cm apart, and mulch generously to keep roots warm. In heavier soils, raise the beds slightly to improve drainage.
ORCHARD : Check fig tree branches for the first swelling fruits — a gentle press tells you more than colour alone. Thin clusters where multiple fruitlets compete on the same spur, leaving the best-placed one to develop fully. Raspberry canes that have already cropped can be cut to ground level now, freeing up light for young canes that will carry next year’s harvest. Finish with a shovelful of well-rotted compost around each plant base.
LANDSCAPING : Dahlia plants set out in June are building momentum — check stakes are secure before summer storms arrive. Wisteria summer pruning is worth tackling now: shorten the long whippy shoots back to five or six leaves from the main framework to encourage flowering spurs to form.