{"id":371,"date":"2018-01-30T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/?p=371"},"modified":"2025-07-29T12:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:21:10","slug":"essential-spring-gardening-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/essential-spring-gardening-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Jobs in the Garden with Spring on the Doorstep"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s almost spring! And as the shoots begin to break the surface once again, what should you be doing in your garden to make it ready for the coming season?<\/p>\n

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Spring Gardening Checklist<\/h2>\n

It is the season in which your garden wakes from its winter slumber. As the sun starts to warm the soil, your plants, shrubs, trees and bulbs all start to slowly come back to life.<\/p>\n

With nighttime frosts still a danger, young buds and infant seedlings are at the mercy of the weather but as a gardener, it is a time when you start to prepare the garden for the main growing season from late spring, right through summer into autumn.<\/p>\n

But what should you be doing to be ready?<\/p>\n

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1. Get potting!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Whether you have a greenhouse, polytunnel or cold frame, spring is the time to start sowing seeds in pots and trays. As long as they are protected from night time chills, seedlings will continue to thrive. By the time early summer comes, they will be ready to plant into their final growing spot.<\/p>\n

Most varieties of vegetables and flowering plants can be sown in early spring, with protection from a greenhouse, cold frame or polytunnel, giving you an extra few weeks of growing time.<\/p>\n

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2. Disinfect<\/strong><\/h3>\n

If you didn\u2019t get around to it in autumn, it is not too late to prepare your tools and equipment for the coming growing season:<\/p>\n