In the kitchen garden it will really be a question of keeping an eye on the weather this month, and judging when the time is right to sow seeds and plant out more tender things.
Sow tender vegetables such as courgettes and French beans into small pots and then plant out when the weather improves and your young plants are sturdy enough.
Towards the end of the month start taking frost tender vegetables out of the greenhouse and stand them outside on fine days to harden them off gradually.
Sow Carrots, Peas, Broad Beans, Beetroot, Spinach, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, leeks and lettuce outside as soils start to warm up through the month.
Sow hardy herbs such as coriander, fennel, parsley, chervil, dill and marjoram.
Potatoes can start going in the ground now if they haven’t already, and it’s a good time to plant strawberries, grapevines and fig plants.
Start successional sowing of salad crops to ensure a steady supply of produce. Cut & come again salad leaves can be grown very successfully in large pots or window boxes if you’re short of room.
Feed soft fruit and container plants with general-purpose fertiliser.
Harvest rhubarb (watering during dry spells).
Ventilate the greenhouse on sunny days but shut it down mid-afternoon to retain the heat over night.
Sow annual flowers for your cutting garden.
Photo credits: Janet Bligh & Firgrove Photographic
