Wednesday 4 February 2015

Preparation for Spring


Tasks to undertaken in the garden in February

Prepare vegetable seed beds and sow some vegetables under cover

Chit potato tubers

Proctect blossoms on appricots, nectarines and peaches

Net fruit and vegetable crops to keep the birds off

Prune winter-flowering shrubs that have finished flowering

Divid bulbs such as snowdrops, and plant those that need planing 'in the green'

Prune Wisteria

Prune hardy evergreen hedges and renovate overgrown deciduous hedges

Prune conservatory climbers

Cut back deciduous grasses left uncut over the winter

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