Year Planner
Your handy guide to what to do month by month
January
Preparing for the year ahead
What to do in January
"It's that vegetable seed time of year"
Buy seed potatoes & onion sets
Sow salad veg under cover
Tidy up the greenhouse & shed
February
Still time to plant new fruit trees and bushes
What to do in February
Start chitting early potatoes
Turn your brassicas into perennials
Prune apples, pears and soft fruits
Apricots – protect flowers from frost but let pollinators have access
March
Get sowing those seeds
What to do in March
Sow tomatoes and cucumbers under cover
First sowing of salad crops
Plant first early potatoes
April
April Showers bring May Flowers
May
The many benefits of reduce, recycle and repair
June
Coping with drought
July
Flowers for a drought resistant planting
July
August
Thinking about flowers
September
Time to save seeds
October
Winter preparations