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The Gardening Year
- January |
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Events and Occasions |
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Burns Night |
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Flower/Plants |
Fruit/Vegetables |
Greenhouse |
General |
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Plant
bare-root roses, trees and shrubs |
Fork over empty beds and mix in
compost |
Monitor
heaters to ensure they are working
efficiently |
Recycle your Christmas tree |
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Prune standard
roses |
Plant
fruit trees |
Take
root cuttings of perennials |
Order seed potatoes, onion sets and
garlic |
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Take hardwood
cuttings from shrubs |
Prune Gooseberry bushes |
Wash greenhouse glass to let in more
light |
Order early from seed catalogues |
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Remove
dead stems and leaves from
perennials |
Warm up
beds for early crops |
Water plants when the compost is dry |
Dig compost into empty areas of soil |
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Tidy
grasses |
Tie
raspberry and
blackberry canes to support wires |
Regularly
deadhead over-wintering plants |
Add
shredded winter prunings to your
compost
heap
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