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Growing guides
Month by month
Month by month
January February March April May June July August September October November December
February can be even colder than January, but the days are getting longer.
Sowing outdoors/under cloche
Broad beans Cauliflower
Onion seeds Peas
Winter spinach
Planting out
Shallots Jerusalem artichokes
Harvesting
Cabbages Carrots
Leeks Spinach
Swede Turnips
Jobs
Finish digging and making new beds. Prepare soil for planting by covering with polythene to warm up
Chit early potatoes
Check the pH of your soil and manure or lime as necessary (although lime should be applied at least two months before planting)
Prune autumn raspberries and plant new canes
Plant soft fruit bushes, bare rooted trees and summer fruiting raspberries
Prune standard apples and pears
Prepare the asparagus bed by removing all traces of perennial weeds and digging in plenty of manure or compost.