Give your lawn a Mow-hican haircut this May and help boost the bees and wildlife in your garden.

Your established plants will be producing fresh young growth, so watch out for a late frost and cover susceptible plants overnight.

May sits on that lovely cusp between spring and early summer. As the whole garden comes to life, you should be able to see the results of your hard work earlier in the year in that beautiful green centrepiece. And as we’re now well into the mowing season, I’m going to focus mostly on that this month – for some mowing means a gentle stroll up and down the garden daydreaming about everything and nothing, but good mowing requires more concentration – and is well worth the effort.