January

What to do this Month – January

Vegetables

1. Sow seed indoors for early crops eg: lettuces, summer brassicas (e.g. cabbages and cauliflowers), spinach, salad onions and turnips.
2. Force chicory to produce plump leafy heads.
3. Prepare seed beds, covering them with a cold frame, cloches or re-used fleece to warm up the soil before sowing.
4. Improve drainage of heavy soils by working in lots of organic matter. Grit will only be effective when used in conjunction with organic matter.

Fruit

1. Plant bare-root trees and bushes, as long as the soil isn’t frozen.
2. Winter prune apples, pears, quinces and medlars.
3. Prune currants and gooseberries.
4. Prune autumn raspberries.

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