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Every week Thursday 14 February, 2013 Splendid spuds It will soon be time to plant potatoes. Before then, learn about the different potato types, choose the best varieties for flavour and - perhaps most importantly of all - get chitting. Daniel Haynes Editor, gardenersworld.com What to do now... Keep on top of garden and greenhouse jobs with the help of our weekly checklists. Flowers checklist     Prune back shoots on hydrangeas   Trim all foliage from barrenwort   Plant lilies in pots See all flower jobs for this week Greenhouse checklist   Hand-pollinate peach and nectarine flowers   Cut off hippeastrum flower heads   Sow summer bedding plants in trays See all greenhouse jobs for this week Fruit & veg checklist   Plant shallots outside   Sow mustard and cress in a windowsill pot   Use netting and bird scarers to protect fruit bushes See all fruit & veg jobs for this week Editor's picks Top 10 salad potatoes for flavour It's well worth growing your own supply of waxy salad potatoes. Find out which varieties have the best flavour, in our Top 10 selection. Read more Know your potato types Could you tell a first early from a second? Know your potato types, by consulting our planting and harvesting guide. Read more How to chit potatoes To chit or not to chit? We're firmly on the side of the chitters. Follow Monty's practical video advice, and you'll soon be chitting with confidence. Watch video On the forum Overgrown back garden Martin's new garden is a blank canvas - can you advise him how to fill it? Share your wisdom, on his forum thread. Offer your advice Romantic roses Claret-coloured 'Docteur Jamain' Pretty pink 'Konigen von Danemark' Blue-tinged blooms 'Blue Moon' Hybrid musk rose 'Buff Beauty' Richly scented 'William Lobb' Five early potatoes Kidney-shaped 'Belle de Fontenay' Red-skinned 'Vanessa' Super-early cropper 'Swift' White, waxy flesh 'Pentland Javelin' Fine flavour 'Foremost' Gardeners' World blog Hedgehogs and foxes I recently visited the home of Sue Kidger, a hedgehog carer from Twickenham. Sue's transformed the top floor of her house into a rehabilitation centre-cum-hog hospital... Read Kate Bradbury's blog Also this week... Monty Don's French Gardens Monty Don's French Gardens finishes on Friday 15 February at 9pm, BBC Two. Before then, browse our gallery of featured gardens. Browse gallery Whatever the weather Don't be caught out by the weather this weekend. Plan ahead, with the help of our local, 7-day weather forecast for gardeners. View forecast Who Do You Think You Are? Live Discover your family history at Who Do You Think You Are? Live at London Olympia, 22-24 February 2013. Buy two tickets for just £25 by quoting GW2425 online or by phoning 0844 873 7330. Book online On the forum A moan about the weather Are you sick of the winter weather? We can't change it for you, sadly, but you might find it therapeutic to sound off on the forum. Add your moan Swish 'Swizzle Stick' Geranium 'Swizzle Stick' Save 50 per cent when ordering six plugs of this fuss-free zonal pelargonium for only £14.99. The beautiful white flowers, splashed with red, are perfect for patio displays or window boxes. Order now Gardeners' World Magazine Gardeners' World Magazine Follow Alan and Carol's tips for easy summer colour, create a border for under £25, and pick up your pruning wallchart, in the February issue. Look inside the February issue Five issues for £5 Enjoy five issues of Gardeners' World Magazine for only £5. Then you can continue your subscription for just £19.38 every six issues by direct debit. Subscribe now Win gardening prizes Win Fiskars cutting tools Sign in or register to win a set of Fiskars PowerGear™ tools, comprising bypass pruner, anvil pruner, loppers and hedging shears, worth £175. Enter now Enter more competitions Enter to win the Alan Titchmarsh Wild Bird Collection of food and feeders, and a powerful lawn scarifier from Hayter. Enter now Keep up to date with all the latest from gardenersworld.com by following us on Facebook and Twitter.

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