But the merriest month in all the year is the merry month of May
Ballads: Robin Hood and the Three Squires![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMii1QAZaD6ltzo2nHk3gZmNdnbBEg9fQrQ7Fd2iQ3Cg8pIgxtubWAlxHTkmL8f1RCIipdSEl0K676CEx52H8utDhwVhG1gOtbyI5CrojwSzp3VzmkjUU8GWobq_eOxucsSrD68L0UBwM/s320/dreamstime_xs_5935285.jpg)
By mid month it should be time to lift any daffodils, tulips and hyacinths from borders and containers for storage until autumn or, if you’re leaving them where they are give them a good feed of fertilizer such as fish, blood and bone meal or pelleted chicken manure which will also feed shrubs and plants in the borders. Leave the foliage for at least six weeks to die back as it is feeding the bulbs. A feed of Tomorite is good for bulbs in pots and containers.