Now is the perfect time to prune your fruit trees! Pruning will encourage quality fruit production and allows you to give it a balanced structure.

However, do not prune cherry and other stone fruit trees. Leave them until the summer to prevent silver leaf fungus.

Lift and divide well established rhubarb clumps to renew its vigour.

Protect the tips of fig tree branches as they will carry the fruits for next year and they are susceptible to frost. Cover them with fleece