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Growing guides

 

Introduction

Crop rotation

Month by month

Planting and harvesting

 

Month by month

 

January  February  March  April  May  June July  August  September  October  November  December

 

The weather can be changeable in March with warm sunny days with sharp frosts at night.

 

Sowing outdoors/under cloche

Broad beans         Cauliflower

Celery                  Chervil

Chives                  Dill                   

Onion seeds         Parsley

Peas                    Winter spinach

 

Planting out

Shallots               Jerusalem artichokes

Potatoes

 

Harvesting

Cabbages             Carrots

Leeks                   Spinach

Swede                  Turnips

 

Jobs

Prepare soil for planting by covering with polythene to warm up

Weed any germinating annual weeds

Feed overwintering crops

Lift and divide chives marjoram and mint

Prune autumn raspberries and plant new canes

Plant soft fruit bushes, bare rooted trees and summer fruiting raspberries

Prune standard apples and pears

 

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