PALN MORE, GROW MORE
Cold winds rattle at the greenhouse door, the skeletons of last year’s beans still entwined on that stash of canes squirrelled away in the corner. Outside, a lonely stand of kale plods doggedly on through frost and thaw to give up a few of its leaves. There are a few parsnips to pull and weather-beaten leeks to look forward to. But otherwise it’s quiet, not much happening.
If you’ve a penchant for spreadsheets, then this is your chance to shine
The turn of the year is in fact the busiest time in the gardener’s calendar, for planning at least. Now is when the foundations are laid for a stellar growing season to come. Be ambitious: plan to grow more, and to enjoy bigger, bolder, better crops. The catalogues have landed and in your mind’s eye a picture of a productive garden
