• Keep on top of winter-germinating weeds • Order seeds and summer-flowering bulbs • Check newly planted trees and shrubs and refirm if lifted by
frost • Protect plants vulnerable to wind and cold • Plant deciduous hedging • Prune trees and shrubs to shape • Prune wisteria and other vigorous climbers • Take hardwood cuttings from perennials • Check forced bulbs for growth • Sow sweet peas under cover • Sow summer bedding under cover • Protect container plants from freezing spells
Ponds
• Keep a small area of ponds free
Lawns
• Aerate lawns to improve drainage • Send the lawn mower for a service
Vegetables
• Sow early vegetable crops under cover • Chit early potatoes • Protect fruit trees form bird damage • Continue planting and winter-pruning fruit • Force rhubarb • Its your last chance to prune grape vines before the sap starts
rising
Around the garden
• Make sure that birds have food an water • Clear the crowns of damp leaves • Continue with digging as soil conditions allow. Cover the ground
to keep out wet • Brush snow off heavily laden trees, shrubs and hedges • Check supports of trees and shrubs • Insulate outside taps
