Even if March is cold and wet, there are still things you can do. As soon as the soil surface is dry, carve out any new beds, weed the ground, dig over and feed (see 'All About Gardening', Nursery World, 5 January), clear away and compost all plant debris.
The vegetable patch
To avoid exhausting your soil and encouraging pests and diseases, 'rotate'
vegetables, i.e. grow a different type in each plot each year. Also, because each crop leaves behind nutrients that benefit another crop (for example, legumes fix nitrogen in the soil, needed by brassicas), there's a rule for which crop follows which. There are four groups: 1 legumes (peas, beans)
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