Watering little and often, rather than a weekly deluge, is most efficient for plants to germinate and develop.

A mulch of garden compost will help retain moisture and suppress weeds.

Start harvesting strawberries, gooseberries, and asparagus.

Continue earthing up potatoes.

Erect climbing bean supports and train and tie in any already planted.

Continue to thin out seedlings of beetroot, carrot and lettuce.

Plant tomato plants in the ground and feed them regularly. June is also the time to plant out the leeks from your greenhouse.

Pinch out the growing points of peas to ensure a large a crop as possible.

Choose the strongest runners on your strawberry plants for propagation, cut them off and pot them.

Eight to ten weeks after planting, unearth your early potatoes and enjoy.

Transplant leeks to their final growing position. Dib a hole 15cm deep x 4-5cm dia. for each plant, trim the straggly roots to 3-4cm, drop them in the hole and water them in without filling in the hole.

Sow early turnips for an autumn crop.

Net blackcurrant bushes.

Keep fruit bushes and trees well fed and watered.

Cut back herbs before they flower.

Continue weeding and 'tickle' the soil with your hoe regularly.