Gardening Jobs for February
- Prune the fruit bushes and cut back the Cornus (Dogwood), roses and over-wintered fushias
- Mulch the fruit trees
- Keep an eye on the Hellebores for leaf spot
- Start sowing seeds such as chilli peppers, tomatoes, celeriac, lemon grass and strawberries
- Buy and chit the potatoes
- Order plug plants
- Cut back the green manure, ready to dig in later in the year
- Warm the soil – using black plastic covering
- Test soil pH to help with soil preparation eg plant purchases, addition of lime etc.
- Weeding – trying to keep ahead!