- Order seeds now to be sown in this month or next as you may have to wait some weeks for delivery.
- Continue to protect vulnerable plants from frost and wind damage.
- Firm in any autumn-planted shrubs and border plants lifted by frost.
- Plant lilies in patio pots, keeping them in the greenhouse to develop.
- Use cloches to protect alpines from damage by winter cold and rain.
- Avoid walking on lawns or pruning fruit trees if covered by frost.
- Continue to plant fruit trees and bushes, choosing diseaseresistant varieties where possible.
- Check greenhouse heaters are in good working order.
- Take cuttings from conifers.
- Start keeping a gardening diary and record book and update it each week.
- Dig up chicory roots, pot up and cover to force chicons to develop.
- Enrich soil with compost where beans are to be grown.
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