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February Tour, unusual growth for late winter

Transition to spring is underway, with a lovely combination of daylight increasing rapidly and temperatures rising above normal. February this year has daytime average temperatures 10.6°C and at night time 5.4°C, with only one frost. Rainfall is 100 mm or 9 inches. The long term average figures are 8.5°C and 1.4°C by night, with 68mm rain and 10 frosts. Thanks to no dig there are few weeds, and we do a little weeding if any appear. That's important so that beds are ready for new seeds and plants, with slug numbers kept low. All beds are mulched with 2–3cm compost, paths with 2 cm woodchip of less than 12 mm diameter. My new book, Grow Together is available for pre-order: https://geni.us/GrowTogether My seed collections from Premier Seeds Direct: https://premierseedsdirect.com/charle... Insectonet netting: https://gardening-naturally.com/colle... Polytunnel autumn plantings are in this October video    • Polytunnel & Greenhouse Changeover | No-Di...   Filmed by Nicola Smith, 24th February 2026 00:00 Introduction 00:29 Hotbed for propagation 00:56 Outside - white broccoli White Eye, and purple sprouting CLARET (not Carmen!) 01:26 Collards and salad rocket, both under mesh 02:00 Salad plants in the polytunnel, some replaced with radish 02:54 Garlic and spring onions 03:14 Narcissi 03:46 New leaves of parsnips - time to harvest 04:18 Leeks Bandit and garlic 05:04 Broad beans and wild rocket 05:56 Rhubarb - harvesting 06:36 Compost heaps 07:30 Overwintered kale 08:02 Lamb’s lettuce and tulips, both under mesh 08:43 Brussels sprouts, no net needed, Trafalgar variety 09:43 Stored fruit and veg in shed 10:54 New plantings - peas and radish 11:16 Coriander with Insectonet cover 11:46 Land cress and Claytonia, also covered 12:24 Purple sprouting broccoli, a late sowing 13:03 Weeding 13:25 Three-strip trial https://charlesdowding.co.uk/blogs/ho... 14:13 Starting no dig at this time of year, see my webpage https://charlesdowding.co.uk/blogs/no...