Plant early potatoes in the first week and main crop varieties by the end of the month.

Prune back gooseberries and currants.

Plant early carrots, as well as any sweet peas you started off in the greenhouse.

Sow courgettes, pumpkins, squashes, tomatoes, sweetcorn, beans, peas and mange-touts in pots in the greenhouse or cold frame.

As your plants start to spring in to life, so will the weeds, so make sure to keep on top of them. ‘Tickle’ the soil with a how as often as you can to the keep the weeds under control.

Harden off plants raised indoors by moving outside during the day.

Thin seedlings and re-pot any plants that have become pot bound.

Put up pea sticks before sown seeds get established, or before planting out indoor raised plants, ready to support them as they mature.

Feed strawberries with a sprinkling of potash or a liquid feed of tomato fertiliser.

You’ll start to accumulate compostable material, so make sure your compost bin is ready to receive. Leave perennial weeds on the surface to die before composting.