There are numerous jobs to start in February and most gardeners will be thinking of the coming spring.

Do not rush, the season hasn’t  started and there is a lot of time to catch up.

I usually plot and plan. February is a great time to be sorting out all your ideas for the spring. I have decided to grow some veg this year in tubs and and large pots and will now sow seeds of broad beans and early carrots plus some lettuce .

Flowers and Shrubs: you can now plant anemones, ranunculus, gladioli in groups where you want them to flower.

Divide clumps of perennials, plant evergreens like Laurel and if you have a greenhouse sow some hardy annuals. One job I do now is to cut back winter flowering shrubs as they finish flowering.

Lawns: Aerate and rake as often as possible this will ensure you have a healthy lawn when the grass starts to grow. it’s a job I do weekly whenever the weather permits and visitors to my garden always remark on my lawn –  it’s all down to preparation, so start now .

Dahlias are one of my favourites and its now I place the tubers in a box with  compost near a window in the garage and within 4 weeks they are starting to show signs of growth it enables me to take cuttings and the dahlias are also well established by May for planting out. Norman.