Jobs to do in the garden this month…
Lift and divide overgrown clumps of perennials
Clean out cold frames, tools, pots, water butts and greenhouses
Plant summer-flowering bulbs
Start off dahlia tubers in pots or trays of damp peat-free compost
Prune bush and climbing roses
Prune Buddleja to a low framework of stems
Mow the lawn on dry days
Dig in a layer of compost or manure and work in a slow release fertiliser such as comfrey pellets, chicken manure or fish blood and bone
Put out wild birdfood for hungry birds
After flowering, but whilst still in leaf, lift and divide snowdrop bulbs
Cut back ornamental grasses before growth begins
Weeds will have started to grow, so keep removing them whenever you can
Order and plant bare root roses
Gail Sheppard