Vegetables

• Under cover, either in a greenhouse or cold frame, sow early cauliflower, broccoli and celery. 
• Sow broad beans (direct in mild districts, undercover in cold districts).
• Sow onions and leeks if not done already.
• Make up new horseradish and seakale beds, either with new plants, or divisions of old. 
• Sow spinach in very sheltered position, or under cloches.
• Towards end of month, sow carrots under cloches.
• Plant earliest potatoes under cloches.

Fruit

• Last window for planting new strawberry beds.
• Where peaches, apricots or nectarines are grown, the early blossom can be destroyed by frosts, cover with fleece or similar when frost is forecast, but remove early the next morning once the frost has lifted.
• Check ties on all newly planted fruit trees and check no newly planted trees or bushes have worked loose in winter winds and frost – re-firm if this has happened. 

Greenhouse

• Where a heated greenhouse is available sow tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, melons, and aubergines.
• Keep all young seedlings as close to the glass as possible to prevent legginess.

Flowers

• Plant out autumn sown sweet peas, or, if not already sown, sow direct in sheltered plots – prevent against mice.
• Bring dahlias out of storage, pot up and move to greenhouse.
• Sow hardy annuals direct into prepared soil in sheltered plots – cheap, easy to grow and great for attracting pollinating insects.