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Order your vegetable
seeds now. |
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A cold frame
or
cloche
can provide an early start for edibles and a valuable winter protection for plants of
borderline hardiness. |
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Oil all
moving machinery parts like hedge cutters,
wheelbarrows & lawnmowers. |
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| Vegetables |
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Plant onion
sets & shallots.
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Sow
seeds for early carrots,
parsley &
parsnips.
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Place cloches
over vegetable beds to warm the soil before planting. |
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Plant out
Autumn sown lettuce.
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Draw up earth
to the hearts of young spring
cabbage.
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Cover the crowns
of rhubarb with buckets or forcing jars to help promote early pickings. Lift and divide congested clumps.
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Sow broad
beans in pots under glass for planting out later. |
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Order
seed
potatoes this month. |
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Check potato
sets for any signs of rotting, remove diseased tubers. |
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| Fruit |
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Spray peaches
against peach leaf curl using 'Bordeaux
Mixture'. |
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Prune outdoor
vines, blackcurrants,
gooseberries and raspberries.
Use your prunings as cuttings.
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Check all
tree stakes & ties.
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| Plants
& Flowers |
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Summer flowering
clematis
can be pruned back hard. This will give rapid new growth during spring to carry flowers later in the year. |
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Order bedding
plants and annual seeds now. |
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Divide clumps
of perennials
that are too large.
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Plant primroses.
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| Trees
& Shrubs |
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Cut back the
flowers on winter
flowering shrubs (if
the flowers have died).
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Plant
evergreens such as ivies,
laurels etc.
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Prune dogwood,
they can be cut back hard down to ground level. This will encourage them to produce brightly coloured new shoots that will provide interest next winter.
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Top dress
older
shrubs with compost or mulch.
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| Lawns |
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Fork,
brush & aerate frequently. Fill aerated holes with sharp
sand.
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Prepare
ground for new lawns by frequently raking to produce a fine tilth.
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Repair
lawn edges. Installing lawn
edging
will prevent further damage. |
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Repair lawns with new
turf or lawn
seed. |
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Dress
the whole of the lawn with a sprinkling of sharp sand. |
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| Greenhouse |
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Take cuttings
of early chrysanthemums.
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Sow tomatoes
in heated greenhouse.
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Keep
seedlings up to the light to produce short healthy plants.
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Sow sweet
peas.
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Ventilate
greenhouse on mild days.
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| Houseplants |
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Remove
withered or dead leaves.
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As new growth
appears increase water supply (don't over do it).
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Take cuttings
of Regal Pelargonium.
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