It's time to...
Plant onion sets in modular trays of compost, raising plants under cover to plant out later- Repair netting on fruit cages
- Continue forcing sea kale and chicory
- Buy herbs to plant up in containers that you can position near the house
- Plant out shallots
- Sow a green manure crop, such as crimson clover, fenugreek or field lupins, which can be dug into the soil later in the season to improve it
- Sow seeds of the following crops outside or under cloches: carrots, beetroot, broad beans, salad onions, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, spinach, leeks, lettuce, rocket, coriander, mixed salad or stir fry leaves, radish, turnip, peas, lettuce and Swiss chard
