Do you need to know the jobs for the vegetable garden, allotment or kitchen garden in January? Here you can find out all the garden tasks and garden chourse here.
Why not create yourself a gardening to do list for each month to keep on track of what you should be doing. Find out the gardening jobs for this month below.
Jobs for the vegetable garden in January:-
- You can now start to harvest those leeks and parsnips which you have been growing over winter from the allotment or kitchen garden.
- Start preparing the ground for your early peas. Get it weeded and add some compost and food to make it great for growing in. Keep the soil warm by adding a cloche over the top or by adding a sheet of plastic over it.
- If you are growing potatoes in your greenhouse or polytunnel keep them warm by covering with horticultural fleece.
- Remove any dying leaves or yellow leaves from your brassica plants like cabbage, Brussels, broccoli. This is where the diseases start.
Other Gardening tips for January
Find out all other gardening tips for the flower garden, fruit garden here
- January jobs in the flower garden
- January jobs in the vegetable garden
- January jobs in the fruit garden