/ The Almanac

Seasonal guides.

A month-by-month almanac of what to plant, what to prune, what gardening equipment to reach for, and what to maintain. New issue the first week of every month. One issue live — May 2026, the spring number.

May2026

Gardening Equipment for May.

Last frost behind us. First tomatoes hardening off. Roses in first flush. Lawns at full vigour.

The last frost is behind us in most temperate gardens; the first tomatoes are out; the roses are doing their first real flush. May rewards a gardener who has the right gardening equipment in hand, and punishes one who tries to do May's work with March's tools.
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Gardening Equipment for May.