Tasks for March

Pot up dahlias and cannas in the greenhouse to give them a head start.

Dig up and divide congested clumps of snowdrops etc as the flowers fade.

Prune roses, wisteria and late flowering shrubs.

Prepare the vegetable patch, clearing and digging over or rotovating on fine dry days.

Plant the early varieties of potatoes that you prepared (chitted) last month.

Cut down ( pollard) willows and cornus that are grown for their winter colour.

Cut down autumn fruiting raspberries.