Some things you might like to do. Note: Many seeds that can be sown now can also be sown later.
Ornamentals and Vegetable seeds
Sweet pea, Aubergines
Snap dragons Cucumbers
Tagetes Tomatoes
Delphiniums Chillies/Peppers
Verbena bonariensis Onion sets
Icelandic poppies Broad Beans
Geraniums Broccoli
Lilly bulbs Kale
Cosmos Spinach
Buy snow drops in pots, miniature daffodils( Narcissi) , Iris.
Note : Seeds germinates best at this time of year with some bottom heat – radiator , heating mat, or a propagator. especially Chillies,Peppers and Tomatoes.Cover pot/seed tray, to help reduce drying out of compost and seed.
- Cut back ornamental grasses
- Keep weeding – use your osslating hoe – ideally on a dry day.
- Poke your compost heaps to aerate.
- Check your dahlia tutors are not drying out.
- Prune fruit trees, roses, wisteria,Cornus alba – every second year.