https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/2a02a1ed-a7f1-4b78-b97b-7dd178f33e1e It's winter and not much is growing. But there is a lot you can do to prepare for when days are longer and the temperatures rise. This video has my advice about getting ahead in February. Set up a propagation space with some warmth. Plus we show you grow lights in my conservatory. With germinated radish and peas for shoots. I give ideas for warmth in a greenhouse. Sow mid-February and onwards. See my Calendar https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/product/charles-dowdings-calendar-of-vegetable-sowing-dates And Sowing Timeline https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/education/sowing-timeline SOW from mid-month onions, spring onions, lettuce, spinach, radish, turnips, broad beans, peas for shoots, cabbage, cauliflower, calabrese, kohlrabi, fennel. Some for multi-sow and others in seed trays to prick out, multisow link is https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/education/multisowing Make sure you’ve got plenty of potting compost and module trays. My trays in the UK are sold by https://containerwise.co.uk/charles-dowding-propagation-trays/ See this page for stockists around the world https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/store/gardening-products Create your own potting compost https://youtu.be/AcGclgWgtIQ Pete's Peat Free is https://petespeatfree.co.uk/products/petes-peat-free-compost-30l Moorland Gold is https://allgrowsupplies.co.uk Buying seed, it's not too late, see my Seeds and Varieties video https://youtu.be/Oir1J_CfU9Q Sort and chit your potatoes! Sort root vegetables to save seeds from, such as onions, beetroot, carrots and parsnips. More info https://youtu.be/bHFg6ZEsMCw Bed prep no dig, if not already done, and this includes raking which I show. This includes a little hand-weeding. See this short https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kl3mbaUbFVA And this long https://youtu.be/6S501eW6nOU Start new beds from scratch as here https://youtu.be/laBXwOdbOlw Prune fruit trees, I demonstrate on apple trees. 00:00 Introduction 00:16 Sowing at this time of year - warmth needed for germination 00:54 Using a hot bed for warmth 01:13 Or the warmth of a house 02:08 Using artificial light in a house after germination phase 02:57 Mid-February, good time to start sowing 03:34 Sowing in module trays 04:15 More examples of veg that can be sown mid-Feb, wait to sow warmth-loving plants! 04:34 Potting compost, and making your own 05:02 My recommendations for bought compost 05:17 Trialling composts, including mushroom substrate 05:41 Buying seeds, including potatoes - saving your own 06:43 Seed saving of root vegetables 07:42 No dig bed prep - light raking and weeding 09:21 Getting new ground ready - cardboard or black plastic with compost on top 10:50 Fruit trees, pruning 12:33 Outro Filmed and edited by Edward Dowding late January 2024, at Homeacres in Somerset UK, zone 8 or temperate climate, mid latitude. This video was Edward's idea to make. And he had a black eye. You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg/join #february #nodig #growyourownfood #healthyfood #healthylifestyle Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:42:04 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/2a02a1ed-a7f1-4b78-b97b-7dd178f33e1e All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.