10 jobs to do in May

• Plant nectar-producing native plants, such as grevillea, bottlebrush and melaleuca, which will attract honeyeaters to the garden.
• Liquid-feed cyclamen every two weeks with a flower-promoting fertiliser to encourage healthy growth for the winter flowering period.
• Prune olive trees after the last of the fruit has been harvested.
• Sprinkle sulfate of potash around the root area of fruit trees to enhance cropping and resistance to diseases.
• Tidy hedges and edges now, and they’ll stay looking good all through winter.
• Scrub or pressure-clean mossy paths.
• Harvest ripe crabapples, and find recipes for turning the fruit into jelly, refreshing juice or a sweet accompaniment to meat dishes.
• Plant calendula in the vegetable patch to attract pollinators and other friendly insects.
• Sow winter herbs, including coriander, dill and parsley.
• Pot up hippeastrum bulbs, and keep them in a warm indoor spot to encourage showy late winter blooms.

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