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Protect your fruit trees & shrubs from birds by
protecting with fruit
cages or netting.
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| Vegetables |
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Sow onions,
beet
& winter cabbage.
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Sow your
first carrots.
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Finish
planting of late potatoes
and earth up earlies.
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Start successional
sowing of peas, beans, lettuce
& radish.
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At the end of
the month plant cauliflowers.
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Vegetable Seeds & Plants |
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| Fruit |
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Ventilate
strawberries
under cloches & add straw manure. |
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Spray
peaches
with water to help fruit set.
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Cut back
newly planted raspberries. |
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Keep an eye
out for pests. |
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Fruit Trees & Plants |
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| Plants
& Flowers |
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Remove the dead heads of
daffodils & other spring flowers but leave foliage
intact.
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Sow hardy annuals in situ.
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Divide & replant perennials. |
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Hoe weeds regularly. |
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Complete any rose pruning this
month.
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Plant out violas, peonies,
hollyhocks etc. |
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Sow polyanthus & wallflowers
for next spring. |
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Roses - Feed, Mulch and finish
any pruning. |
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Perennial Plants
Buy
Weeding Tools
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| Trees
& Shrubs |
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Plant conifers,
evergreen trees, shrubs and bamboos. |
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Prune flowered shrubs like
forsythia
& evergreens.
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Finish pruning roses.
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Remove flower heads of
winter flowering plants like azaleas
and rhododendrons. |
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Trim winter flowering
heathers. |
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Stop side shoots on
fuchsias
to produce bushy plants. |
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Conifers Buy
Bamboo Plants Buy
Fuchsias Buy
Rhododendrons |
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| Lawns |
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Mow lawns, weed &
feed. |
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Apply chemical weed
killers or pull out weeds manually if you prefer.
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Trim edges.
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Apply
organic fertiliser. |
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Lay new turf. |
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Scarify & aerate your lawn. |
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Sow
grass seed
on bare
patches after fine raking. |
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Lawnmowers Buy
Scarifiers & Aerators Buy
Lawn Edging |
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| Greenhouse |
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Sow seeds of
outdoor tomatoes, melon
& marrows. |
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Top dress pots, tubs &
hanging baskets. |
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Increase ventilation and
if needed and start to apply shading liquid. Install a louvre
window
if you do not have one |
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Vegetable Seeds Buy
Fruit Seeds & Plants Buy
Tomato Seeds Greenhouses
& Accessories |
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| Houseplants |
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Increase watering &
light. |
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Clean
leaves with a damp soft cloth. Remove any dead leaves.
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Watch for
pests &
spray accordingly.
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Re-pot
houseplants (if needed).
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Top up pots &
containers with fresh
compost. |
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| Pond |
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Divide up
large clumps of aquatic
perennials. |
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Removes
any dead leaves from the pond. (Submerged leaves can be removed
carefully with a lawn rake.
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Keep an
eye on surface weeds and remove at the first sign.
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Prune back
any tall trees or shrubs that overhang the pond to let in more
light.
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Use
water
lilies to limit direct sunlight. |
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