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VEGETABLES
sow inside, in a propagator aubergines broad beans chili peppers leeks lettuce (end of the month) onions pea shoots radish salad onions salad leaves and cress sweet peppers early tomatoes (if you have heat) |
HERBS
in pots for use as baby leaves basil chives coriander parsley |
FLOWERS
antirrhinum begonia gazanium geraniums rudbneckia sweet pea trailing petunia (end of the month) violas |
THINGS TO DO IN FEBRUARY
chit potatoes - early seed potatoes in trays out of frost for 4-6 weeks to encourage shoots - this can lead to earlier crops.
prepare runner bean trenches - dig a 45 cm deep trench and fill with well-rotted garden compost or manure ready for spring planting
cabbages - sow 2cm deep in modular trays in greenhouse - 'hispi' or 'elisa' are good cultivars to try
mulch your perennial veg - asparagus and globe artichokes
sow tomatoes late February in pots or seed trays - they need warmth to germinate
cover peach, apricot and nectarine trees from frost but remove during the day
PRUNE
prune autumn-fruiting raspberries - cut back old stems to the ground and apply a thick layer of mulch
prune vines, figs and blueberries
prune late-summer clematis - cut back old stems
trim winter jasmine immediately after blooming prune hedges - beech, hawthorn and hornbeam - and mulch
remove leaves from epimediums
take hardwood cuttings - weigela and deutzia
plant bare-rooted roses and apply thick layer of mulch
divide snow drops 'in the green' (after flowering before leaves die)
cut back ornamental grasses close to the ground, avoid new shoots
WAIT ....
don't prune lavender, erigeron, hydrangeas or buddleia yet .. wait a while
chit potatoes - early seed potatoes in trays out of frost for 4-6 weeks to encourage shoots - this can lead to earlier crops.
prepare runner bean trenches - dig a 45 cm deep trench and fill with well-rotted garden compost or manure ready for spring planting
cabbages - sow 2cm deep in modular trays in greenhouse - 'hispi' or 'elisa' are good cultivars to try
mulch your perennial veg - asparagus and globe artichokes
sow tomatoes late February in pots or seed trays - they need warmth to germinate
cover peach, apricot and nectarine trees from frost but remove during the day
PRUNE
prune autumn-fruiting raspberries - cut back old stems to the ground and apply a thick layer of mulch
prune vines, figs and blueberries
prune late-summer clematis - cut back old stems
trim winter jasmine immediately after blooming prune hedges - beech, hawthorn and hornbeam - and mulch
remove leaves from epimediums
take hardwood cuttings - weigela and deutzia
plant bare-rooted roses and apply thick layer of mulch
divide snow drops 'in the green' (after flowering before leaves die)
cut back ornamental grasses close to the ground, avoid new shoots
WAIT ....
don't prune lavender, erigeron, hydrangeas or buddleia yet .. wait a while
FOR THE BIRDS
install nesting boxes to help birds find a safe place to nest - high up facing between north and east to avoid harsh winds
feed the birds
install nesting boxes to help birds find a safe place to nest - high up facing between north and east to avoid harsh winds
feed the birds