JOBS TO DO THIS WEEK

■ Throw on a jacket, woolly hat and gloves and step out into the garden. There’s plenty of winter debris to be cleared up – remove twigs and leaves from ponds, lawns and beds. Wash down patios to clean up and make sure drains aren’t blocked with leaves and twigs.

■ Inject a little colour into your pots and containers with some winter pansies and primulas.

■ Dead head winter flowering heathers as the flowers start to go brown.

■ Prune autumn-fruiting raspberries right down to ground level.

■ In the greenhouse, take dahlia tubers out of storage and coax into growth in a light, warm place. You can also get overwintering fuchsias back into growth by repotting, watering and feeding.

■ Early seedlings in the glasshouse will crane their heads towards the little available light so be sure to turn them round to enable each side to get the light.

■ Order onion sets to be ready for spring planting.