Weekly jobs

●●Discard any stored vegetables that are rotting. ●●Prune wisteria. ●●Create a new compost heap. ●●Continue to plant bare root bushes and shrubs when the ground isn’t too wet or frozen. ●●Fork or dig over vacant ground in beds and borders to prepare it for planting. ●●Sow French beans in pots in the greenhouse for an early crop. ●●Remove faded leaves from cabbages and Brussels sprouts. ●●Mulch asparagus beds and clumps of rhubarb with manure or compost. ●●Place cloches over ground to warm the soil where early sowings are to be made. ●●Firm in newlyplanted perennials lifted by frost.