In the garden this week

• Discard any stored vegetables that are rotting
• Prune wisteria
• Create a new compost heap
• Continue to plant bare root bushes and shrubs when the ground isn’t too wet or frozen
• Fork or dig over vacant ground in beds and borders to prepare it for planting
• Sow French beans in pots in the greenhouse for an early crop
• Remove faded leaves from cabbages and Brussels sprouts
• Mulch asparagus beds and clumps of rhubarb with manure or compost
• Place cloches over ground to warm the soil where early sowings are to be made
• Firm in newly-planted perennials lifted by frost