So I might have waffled on on part 1 as I was going to put all of the jobs for Feb in that post, but I didn’t so here are the rest of the jobs.

1) Cut back your herbaceous perennials (see my horticultural terms page) and deciduous grasses that you left over the winter for winter interest. Best to do this before new growth starts.

2) Finish your pruning of rambling and climbing roses, watch out for thorns. You will soon find out how much I hate thorns.

3) If you are wanting to start your veg growing early then you can start sowing broad beans, leeks, peas, onions and salads but under cover, either in cloches, green houses, or my case lounge and bedroom window sills. I don’t tend to start planting out my first veg seeds until early spring, just in case there is a batch of very cold weather. I would however start to prepare the ground ready for veggies to grow.

4) Renovate deciduous hedges such as Beech, Fagus sylvatica and Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus. If you are going to reduce the height by 50% or more stagger this over two seasons so you tackle one side each year, giving your hedge time to recover.