TopVeg – growing veg,fruit&herbs

There are plenty of jobs to be done in the vegetable garden in February!

Sow:

indoors from seed in trays or pots:

• early beetroot Bietola da Orto Paonazza d’Egitto is ideal for early sowings as matures quickly.  Good for children to grow.
• broad beans
• spinach Spinach Perpetual is a prolific strain of spinach beet.
• summer cabbage Savoy Cabbage Estoril seeds can be sown under glass in February, and planted out when plants have 2-3 true leaves.
• calabrese for summer cropping
• globe artichoke
• lettuce sowing a few seed each week will give a continuous supply of lettuce

outside from seed under cloches in mild areas – early beetroot, lettuce, spring onions, salad leaves, spinach

plant-shallots

in the garden as soon as the ground is workable – onion sets,  shallots and garlic

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Plant

rhubarb-patch-March

rhubarb & cover to force early stalks

Jerusalem artichoke tubers
Harvest:

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Early sprouting broccoli, cabbages, sprouts, kale, leeks, celery and parsnips

cabbage-in-snow

Other Jobs:

• chit potatoes
• apply fertiliser to ground before sowing early crops, to overwintered vegetables, to soft fruit bushes
• cut down autumn fruiting raspberry canes to ground level and mulch
• dig the garden if the soil is dry

dig

The jobs to be done in the vegetable garden in February complete the circle of sowing and harvesting!

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