The worms have spent some time thinking of pruning tasks in the garden for June this week. There’s quite a few to dos, like pruning your Geraniums to get a second flowering – a chelsea chop some call it. Follow our blog to get more daily gardening cartoons, ideas, daily tasks and tips of what you can do now in your #garden

The cartoon reads, After flowering, cut back your geraniums to encourage a second flowering The cartoon is of two worms in front of a geranium that has been cut down to the ground. One worm says to the other, “ they call it a chelsea chop, I call it barbarism.”

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The wrigglers are amateur gardeners, for advice from the experts on the chelsea chop, try Gardener’s World – they know what they’re talking about!

The Chelsea chop

The Chelsea Chop is one way to stop the plant overshadowing its neighbours; chop it in May or June and it will flower on shorter, bushier stems. Later flowering perennials can be cut back in July, and for early flowering plants use the Chelsea Chop in May or June.

The Wrigglers have joined the #putpollinators first Campaign

Wild flower meadows flower for longer due to the diverse range of plants in them. That’s more flowers for you, and more food for the bees and insects. Plant one and join the Gardener’s World Put Pollinators First campaign – raising awareness of the decline of our pollinators @GWmagazine

Click to see our ‘Put Pollinators First’ page

Gardener’s world launched its #putpollinatorsfirst campaign, as part of their 30th Anniversary celebrations of BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine. See what you can do to play your part:

Join in the Gardener’s World team and pledge here

With a panel of pollinator experts, committed to helping bees and other pollinating insects to thrive, Dr Trevor Dines says, ” Since the 1930’s, over 97 percent of our wildflower meadows have been destroyed. That’s 7.5 million acres, gone. Now you can understand why our pollinators are in such trouble.”

There are 3 ideas:

Sow some pollinator meadow seeds

Create habitats for butterflies, moths and caterpillars

Make a cornfield nectar bar

By making a meadow, even on a small scale, we can provide a banquet for pollinators that’ll help them to thrive.

Here are some seed suppliers and links:

Dobies

Thomson and Morgan – how to sow wildflower seeds

RHS – How to grow a mini wild flower meadow