January jobs

As I write this it is currently snowing heavily and the garden is white over.

I've done a checklist of some of the things you can do to prepare for the oncoming year.

• Check tools and kit required for the year ahead, including stakes, netting, compost, seeds, labels etc

• Make repairs to irrigation, fencing, netting, cold frames etc

• Clean and sharpen tools

• Clear and tidy glasshouses, shed, cold frames

• Project work requiring big changes, such as installing fencing / changing the garden layout etc

• Order dahlias and chrysanthemums

• Continue cutting down any perennials

• Weeding

• Mulching

• Straw path laying

• Plant bare-root plants

• Service of mower change oil/filter/spark plug