I garden in the Pennines on heavy clay soil where the winter invariably brings lots of rain and more often than not heavy snow too. The combination of these factors means I have to be patient in spring and wait for the soil to dry out and warm up before I can start gardening in earnest. While I’m waiting for this to happen I scratch my gardening itch by turning my attention to preparing my house plants for the new growing season.

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Indoors, the extra light and warmth on windowsills means house plants will start to regrow after their winter dormancy, so now is the time to give your plants the botanical equivalent of a spring clean, including dividing and repotting them if necessary. There’s something very satisfying about spending a couple of hours one day in early spring gathering in all the house plants from the various shelves and sills where they’ve spent the winter months, then spreading out some newspaper on a work surface and lining up all the equipment I’ll need for a spot of house plant TLC.

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