Prepare vegetable seed beds. Sow some vegetables under cover towards the end of the month.

Start chitting early potato varieties.

Net fruit and vegetable plants to keep the birds off.

Colder weather is expected this month so, make sure you have frost protection fleece to cover any tender plants.

Prune Wisteria.

Lift and divide snowdrops and replant 'in the green'

Cut back deciduous grasses that that were left uncut over the winter.

Look out for Fusarium patch or snow mould on your lawn. Treat with Bayer Lawn Disease Control.

Continue planting hedging such as hawthorn and beech. These are available as bare root plants and are considerably cheaper than pot grown.

Prune winter flowering shrubs that have finished blooming.

Lift and divide herbaceous perennials that you wish to propagate.

Plant onion sets and garlic.