Cookham Discussion Board

Keep sowing vegetable seeds, starting brassicas, leeks, lettuce, peas and parsnips outdoors in mild conditions, and beetroot, carrots, celery, peppers and tomatoes under cover.

Plant out early potatoes and rhubarb.

Hoe off young weed seedlings in dry weather.

Remove dead, damaged and diseased leaves and old runners from strawberry plants, and order and plant new runners.

Continue adding well-rotted organic mulches to the soil – be sure to do this around both fruit and veg plants.

Use cloches to protect young plants from the worst of the season’s weather