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Vegetables
Plan your vegetable crop rotations for
this years season.
Order
your Potatoes if you haven't already. Put them in egg boxes or similar with the end
having the most eyes uppermost
in a cool frost free place ( chitting ). When they have sprouted, rub off all but one or two of the
healthiest shoots before planting.
Order
your seeds if you have not done so. Seeds should be ordered at least three
months in advance to ensure supply.
Harvest
Sprouting Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts and Leeks. Parsnips,
Swede, Celeriac and Turnips can still be harvested. Force
Chicory and Seakale Protect
brassicas from pigeons etc.
Under
cover Sow
radish, lettuce ( hardy ) for
early crops. Now
is the time to sow onion seeds to produce large exhibition bulbs for Autumn and
Winter horticultural shows.
Herbs Check
young rosemary and sage is protected against the cold weather. ( Straw &
leafmould around the base ).
Fruit Force
Rhubarb. Last
chance to prune grape vines. Protect
fruit trees from bird damage.
If
your cane fruit / fruit trees have arrived plant now but only if the weather
conditions allow. Winter
prune apples, pears, currants ( white / black / red ), gooseberries,
blackberries on days without frost.
Around the Garden
If
you got behind preparing new beds, start now if conditions allow.
Check
winter protection against wind and cold weather is still adequate. Keep
on top of winter germinating weeds. Warm
prepared beds with cloches polythene or small polytunnels. Plant
deciduous hedging. |
