Don't sew seeds too soon
Don't sew seeds too soon
What to do in your garden this week.
Your Garden
Limited gardening work
Limited gardening work
Gardening at this time of the year is limited, as the winter's worst weather usually comes in July and August.
Your garden
Your garden
What to do in your garden this week.
Hedges come in handy
Hedges come in handy
What to do in your garden this week.
Manure your garden
Manure your garden
Things to do in your garden this week.
The humble potato
The humble potato
What to do in your garden this week.
Hard yards now for future bounty
Hard yards now for future bounty
What to do in your garden this week.
Your garden
Your garden
Traditionally, broad beans are sown from March until mid-May, to stand through the winter and bear crops in early summer.
Thinking ahead to spring
Thinking ahead to spring
What to do in the garden this week.
Your garden
Your garden
What to do in the garden this week.
Sowing the seeds
Sowing the seeds
Vegetables Parsley may still be sown in warmer districts.
Developing strong plants
Developing strong plants
What to do in the garden this week.
Leave your carrots and plant your bulbs
Leave your carrots and plant your bulbs
Vegetables By now, cooler areas may have had a touch of frost, but in all regions carrots, being cold-tolerant, can be left in the ground until August.
Pull potatoes and buy your bulbs
Pull potatoes and buy your bulbs
What to do in your garden this week.
Keeping out the pests
Keeping out the pests
What to do in your garden at this time of year.
Basics essential
Basics essential
Vegetables
Picking potatoes
Picking potatoes
Vegetables At this time of year, potatoes can be earthed up easily when the soil has been softened by rain.
Here come the beans
Here come the beans
Vegetables French and butter beans can be sown in the open. Place seeds singly, about 15cm apart and 5cm deep.
Growing in a mini-greenhouse
Growing in a mini-greenhouse
Vegetables Given rich soil, zucchini, marrows and pumpkin are easily grown in the home garden, although in cooler districts pumpkins need a hot, dry summer to do well.