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on fruit trees and bushes, and treat with a fungicideErect supports for climbing beans, using tall canes or hazel stemsSow seeds outdoors this week: carrots, swedes, turnip, leaf beet and spinach

Dig over veg plots, mixing compost into the soil as you goContinue filling a trench with kitchen waste where you want to grow beansCover rhubarb with forcing jars for an early harvestUse cloches to warm the soil for early sowingsPlant new fruit

to prevent hungry bullfinches eating blossom budsSow the following crops under cloches during January and early February: broad beans, hardy peas, spinach, carrots and onions

Lift and store carrots Pot up chives and other herbs to bring under cover for winter useSow green manure crops over bare areas of soilSow broad beans for early pickings next May or JunePrune out fruited blackberry canes and tie in new shoots

artichokes as a windbreak on exposed plotsSprinkle sulphate of potash fertiliser around fruitSow seeds of broad beans, carrots, hardy peas and parsnips outside in soil that's been warmed with cloches

Plant bare-root fruit trees before they start growing in MarchSow seed of broad beans, carrots, hardy peas and parsnips outside in soil warmed by cloches

garden is tiny and my soil shallow, so I'm growing dwarf French beans and spinach in pots.As well as being small, with shallow soil, my garden is shady, but it gets two hours of strong sun in the afternoon, which I hope will be enough for French beans

Why not try growing pulses indoors when the weather puts you off venturing outside? Mung beans and lentils are easy to sprout in jars and can be bought in most supermarkets and health shops.Mung beans, lentils or another type of sprouting bean

is Bean. Perhaps no wonder it’s the top vegetable surname given how many different varieties of bean there are – broad, French, runner, soya, Fava, borlotto… I could go on, but really don’t think I should.For those eager to know, the top ten vegetable

called ‘Mayan Twilight’, which is reputed to be closer to the original form of potato than most. The potatoes look great and I got a good-sized crop, but I haven’t eaten it yet, so the jury is still out.My runner beans have also been a runaway success