Tasks for Febuary

Prepare vegetable seed beds, and sow some vegetables under cover

Chit potato tubers

Protect blossom on apricots, nectarines and peaches

Net fruit and vegetable crops to keep the birds off

Prune winter-flowering shrubs that have finished flowering

Divide bulbs such as snowdrops, and plant those that need planting 'in the green'

Prune Wisteria

Prune hardy evergreen hedges and renovate overgrown deciduous hedges

Cut back deciduous grasses left uncut over the winter

     Sow seed indoors for early crops e.g.: lettuces, summer brassicas (e.g.    cabbages and cauliflowers), spinach, salad onions and turnips.

 Apply a top dressing of sulphate of potash to all fruits and nut

. Ensure tree stakes and ties are firm and sound.

 

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