Kitchen Garden

TOP JOBS FOR JANUARY

PLANT BARE ROOT TREES

Plant bare root trees and fruit bushes if the weather allows. Dig a hole a little larger than the rootball, plant, fill with the soil, tamp down, and mulch with compost.

MONITOR THE WEATHER

Keep an eye on weather forecasts and harvest veg and herbs for the kitchen if snow or deep cold is forecast. It’s difficult harvesting parsnips if the ground is frozen!

SOW ONIONS

Module-sow onions for larger harvests this summer, and to save time in the

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