WHAT TO DO

SOURCE hazel beanpoles and twiggy peasticks (coppiceproducts.co.uk has suppliers)

PRUNE winter jasmine after flowering RAKE out dead foliage from ornamental grasses or cut to 10cm, depending on variety

DIG in any overwintered green manures

SOW tomato and pepper seeds in a heated propagator

LIFT and divide clumps of summer-flowering perennials

PLANT out chitted early potatoes towards the end of the month

PRUNE autumn-flowering raspberries

CUT down winter seedheads and stems from perennials to make way for new growth

TACKLE overgrown climbers – honeysuckle and ivy can be cut back hard