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I've got time to do
them so we are now on the 28th of
February can you believe it another
month has gone and tomorrow will be my
favorite day of the year which is
Pancake Day yes who loves Pancake Day I
certainly do and I will be having treal
on my pancakes uh I Absol absolutely
love them I can't be doing with this
grave lock I have to have syrup on mine
just oozing and making me feel sick by
the end of the
pancakes I think a lot of us do that
they have two men out and then they
regret it and then they think oh we'll
not have another pancake until next year
now but yeah I can't wait for pancake
day tomorrow so yeah what are we going
to be talking about today well we're
going to be talking about have you got
all the jobs done in the allotment and
garden for February that needed doing
and what have we achieved in February
because we have been extremely busy at
our alotment in February I really can't
believe how much I have actually got
done and like I keep on saying is that
we have not had a bad winter at all this
year it's been an absolutely fantastic
winter and getting everything prepared
and ready in time for the growing season
has been brilliant and we are well ahead
this year and hence the reason why I've
been doing lots lots more down at the
plot
because I'm well ahead of time and soon
I'll be able to start sewing all my
seeds once I've got all them sewn then I
can get back to doing more work in the
garden and getting it all ready but
sewing the seeds takes so much time and
uh writing all the labels up sing a few
seeds sprinkling them on covering them
over getting them all in the shed
getting them all watered getting them
all SED and then we've got to pot them
all on and grow them on a bit before the
frosts come and then we've got to plant
them all out I'm not putting anybody off
all the gardening definitely not but it
does take a lot of time and effort but
it's all enjoyable
stuff so this February I set myself the
mission of getting all my plot dug over
for all the beds dug over in February
which I have completed I'm so pleased
about that uh I've also dug over a new
area where there's going to be three new
beds this year and I'm looking forward
to Growing even more on the plot this
year and hopefully we will get some
great results cuz we've got the time and
the dedication that we can put in more
dedication down at the plot to do this
sort of work and get it all fixed and
ready for the year ahead
so I'm pleased that I'm encouraged to do
it because some years I feel
disheartened and I don't do well and I
think oh I can't be bothered to go on
another year but then I've got all my
supporters and my followers and they all
encourage me to carry on
gardening so what you need to what we
have mainly done is we've been preparing
the ground ready for this year we have
got some seeds planted this month um the
ones that needed to be St started early
but we've not got many seeds planted
whatsoever so what seeds is it that you
can plant in February and see if you've
planted them and let me know so we're
not going to go into too much detail
about what seeds to plant in February
because you can just listen to the
episode which we posted at the beginning
of the month if you want to listen in
depth about what seeds can be sewn in
February so the ones that you can SE
this month in February is orene
beetroot broad beans brussel sprouts
cabbage carrots cauliflower celery
garlic Jerusalem aroke leaks peas
peppers and radish shalots spring onions
and tomatoes and obviously you can start
chitting your potatoes so a lot of those
seeds you can actually start off in
March so if you've not started them
don't worry about it you can start them
off in March there's still plenty of
time but the main ones that you need to
be looking at sewing now are if you've
not already sewn them will be your orene
your peppers your tomatoes because they
take longer to grow and the quicker you
can start them off the more fruit time
you'll have on them and they'll keep
producing more fruit until the Colder
Weather so it's good time to get all
that all them seats done if you've not
already got got them
soon so what fruit can you plant in
February and this is what I've been
doing I've been planting so much fruit
this month because it is the time to be
planting fruit the weather's perfect the
ground is wet and they will take root
and start growing ready for summer so
this month you can start currants
blackberries fruit trees gooses
raspberries rhubarb and strawberry
plants so yeah I've got I've planted
some blueberries this month I've planted
some raspberries I've planted some
strawberries and yeah I'm looking
forward to getting some great crops from
my plants this year I've certainly put
in a lot of effort to get some more
fruit this year and hopefully we'll get
some fantastic results and yeah I'm
looking forward to hopefully getting
some black Brees off of our formless BR
be plants but we'll see hopefully
they'll grow they might take a couple of
years to get going but fingers crossed
they will get going so what flowers can
you sew in February bonias
chrysanthemums daas geraniums Liles
liilia roses and sweet peas so yes again
we've been planting roses this month we
haven't started our geraniums yet um
I've also purchased some lily bulbs well
I'll talk about that in another episode
so stay tuned for that so yeah we're
going to be starting loads of flowers
off ourself in March so we need to go
through all our flower seeds I purchased
loads and I talked about that in a
previous episode if you've not listened
to that I've purchased loads of flowers
this month so obviously I've grown got
my plants I bought my plants for my plot
but I've start got loads of seeds to
plant on the plot and it's going to be a
cracking year down at my plot I'm really
looking forward to sharing photos with
it if it doesn't turn out well I'll I'll
definitely cry and be disappointed but
if if it all goes to plan it will look
great and fingers crossed it does go to
plan this year it just depends if
anything else comes up and we don't
manage to do
it so what jobs did you need to do in
February make sure you get all these
jobs done if you've not got them already
done get them done as fast as possible
so asparagus you can mulch that this
month get some Mulch on it and get it
woken up ready for starting to grow in
the
springtime potatoes if you've not got
your potatoes yet go out and get them
because they are selling out fast I saw
some in Wilkinson's the other day so
places have still got them in so go and
get yourself some potatoes and start
chitting them if you are chitting them
if not get them ready for planting out
pretty soon I'll be planting mine out on
Good Friday I always plant my potatoes
on Good Friday to do with the moon I go
by the old wife's tail but yeah
definitely so your fruit trees apple
trees pear
trees and yeah they can be pruned this
month if you've not pruned them get them
pruned get them tidied up but don't
prune any fruits that have got a stone
in them like your plums your peaches
your cherries they don't want to be
pruned until the end of spring leading
into summer as pruning them now can
affect the fruit
and you really don't want to affect the
fru in on them I definitely don't want
to affect the fru in on my plum tree uh
my best best fruit tree on the plot and
I absolutely have fantastic crops on
it black Curren if you've not pruned
them back from last year get them pruned
back same goes for all bushers
gooseberries and red currents if you've
not pruned them give them the pruning
that they need tidy them up get them so
that they've got some vent ation around
them so that they can breathe once all
the leaves grew and yeah get them
mulched get them get them all ver for
growing this year the effort that you
put into it they will provide the best
fruit coming back from them and if
you've not pruned your
raspberries Autumn raspberries prune
them to the ground summer raspberries
prune the ones to the ground which had
the fruit on last year the New Growth
last year is the ones that will have the
fruit on the this year I must have gone
over raspberry so many times but I hope
that you all get get
it so what do you need to do in the
flower garden if you've not already done
it clamus prune your summer clamus this
month fuches these can be pruned back to
two buds on each shoot this month I do
need some fuches on my plot that is
something I do need to buy so we need to
look out for futures that's the thing
that I've not gotten it's on my list of
things to get I've obviously got my hyr
engers now so I'm pleased I've got them
but I've not got fuches he I've
definitely got heav on my plot so it
says now is the time to prune these back
it's funny that one because mine are
flowering they look good and I don't
really want to touch them so I might
leave mine for a bit longer but it does
say to prune them back now but yeah
we'll keep an eye on them and we'll see
how we get on with them panes keep
deadheading them while every you're
deadheaded them the more flowers will
keep coming on them and keep them going
keep them lasting through this
Springtime the more you dead head them
and look after them the more the will
flow off here and look great in the
garden pansies are something that really
do brighten up the garden during the
winter
time so yeah we have had a busy February
we've got absolutely loads done to say
we've been battered and bruised by all
the storms we've had
we've certainly been productive down our
allotment and I'm looking forward to
being even more productive in March
especially we're starting to se the seat
at I'll probably be starting midm March
end of March we s my seeds so make sure
you stay tuned for that because we'll be
talking all about it throughout March so
yeah tomorrow's episode will be talking
about all the jobs that you need to do
in your garden and allotment in March uh
expect it to be longer because as months
go on there's more and more to be
getting done with and then Wednesday's
episode I'll be talking about all the
seeds that you need to start off in
March and again that will probably being
a longer one because there's more and
more that can be sewn in March so if
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