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January

What to do on the allotment in January

General Maintenance

Check stakes & ties and plant covers
Hoe winter weeeds
Clear decaying leaves and compost
Mend repair & clean tools
Check stores   

Organic Allotment Gardening

Vegetables

Sowing

Planting
Radishes
Hardy winter salad leaves(cover with a frame or fleece)		    

Maintenance

Harvesting
 Order potatoes for planting in Feb & begin chitting eyes facing upwards.  

Greenhouse

Sowing    

Maintenance
   

 Fruit

Planting   & Harvesting

Maintenance
 Plant fruit tree's and soft fruit Force rhubard for early tender stems (need an well established crown)
Winter prune apples, pears, currants,, raspberries and Gooseberries.

 Herbs

Planting   

Maintenance
Continue to grow, Chervil, Parsley and Chives inside or in a cold frame if mild.  Check Tarragon, Sage, Rosemary.

 
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