Time to plan what you want to do to your garden over the coming year. Look at seed catalogues and order which seeds. Wash pots and seed trays so they are clean and ready for using in the coming year. Clean your greenhouse to let in more light over the winter months.
Cut back deciduous grasses to allow new shoots to emerge freely. Plant bare-rooted trees and shrubs now. Cut back foliage of helleborus to show off their beautiful flowers. Sow early peas such as ‘Feltham First’ for harvesting in May/June. Broad beans can be sown inside now, to plant out in February.
Prune gooseberries and redcurrants, apples and pears, wisteria and roses now. Force rhubarb to encourage faster growth. Put out food and water for birds to encourage them into your garden. What to do with your Christmas tree? Did you know that donkeys, goats and alpacas enjoy eating Christmas trees, which are either fir, pine or spruce and are a great source of vitamin C and antioxidants for them….who knew!
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