february

Potatoes – Getting Ready

You can start digging trenches for your potatoes in February. Early potatoes can also be put in seed trays on a window sill in the house and planted out in a green house in late February, or under a fleece, in early March.

Peas

February is still a long way off from the main vegetable-growing season, but there is a lot that can be done in the garden.
It usually pays to make at least two sowings of peas in February – one in the middle of the month and one towards the end. Peas are not the easiest crop [...]

Tree Protection

Deer and hares are the two principal causes of danger for young trees. It is when the sap begins to rise, in early Spring (young trees are still safe in February) that the bases of the trees become vulnerable to hares, who pull off the bark in strings. Deer will also eat tree bark.
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Jobs in February – Preparing the Ground

February is the month where you have a chance to catch up with jobs that you should, perhaps, have done earlier in the winter, and which you must do before the plants start to grow in the spring. Broadly, these jobs fall into two categories: cutting & pruning, and preparing the ground for next year’s [...]

Gardening Jobs in February

Although February is not a month that one traditionally associates with gardening, there is still plenty to be done. You might not notice it, but by now the established weeds – such as dock and grasses – will be starting to grow quite rapidly. If you can find time to  hoe the whole vegetable patch, [...]

Potatoes in February

If you have not already done so, now is the time to start thinking about this year’s potato crop. The best way to get early potatoes is to buy a bag of seed potatoes of a suitable variety – if you are not sure which sort to get, ask for advice at your garden centre, [...]