January
The one thing I have learned over the years with gardening is that there is always something to do! Even in January! Once the excesses of Christmas are over and life returns to whatever you regard as ‘normal’, then that is the time you can look at your garden and start to think about what can be done.
Then of course there is the digging! If you haven’t started already now is the time to bend that back and start turning the ground. I have a friend who keeps horses and now is the time I pay her a visit to bag up some of that well-rotted by product of this occupation. Being well rotted is the key as it a lot easier to dig in, and believe it or not it doesn’t smell when you bring it home in the car! It won’t be that long before you start to think about your early planting, and it’s always good to have soil turned and weathered when you make that decision.
Leeks in January