Gardening: Cuttings: Weekend work

PLANT cucumbers in cold frames and greenhouse borders. Indoor tomatoes will be ready for feeding; remove side shoots as they develop. Main crop peas, runner and French beans, and kale can be sown outdoors. Watch out for sawfly caterpillar on gooseberries and be prepared to spray; they can defoliate a bush in a couple of days.

Plant sprouted dahlia tubers now at a depth of 4- 6in. A cane put in now will mark the plant and let you know where it is safe to stake later on.

Polyanthus can be split. Primroses also benefit from division, however tolerant of neglect they are. A few years' serious splitting will give a wonderful display in woodland gardens.