Jobs outside the beds

1. Lay down some cypress mulch under the curry tree.

2. Carefully dig up the oxalis in the Asparagus bed.(make sure you lift the small white bulbs then place in the green bin).

3. Harvest the Jerusalem Artichokes in the pot beside the front gate. Leave a few rhizomes for next year’s crop.

4. Fertilise the Lemon tree with the remaining Comfrey Tea - ratio 1:10

5. Topdress Bed 10 with compost and mulch to prepare for planting pumpkins in Spring.

6. Harvest ripe Cumquats.

Bed-by-bed jobs

Arbor 1. Coax the fragile Sweet Pea onto the Arbor.

Bed 1. 

Arbor 2. The Peas are not thriving. Check for caterpillars then fertilise with Charlie’s Carp.

Bed 2. As above.

Arbor 3. Train Nasturtiums onto the Arbor.

Bed 3. After realising snail bait compromises the natural organic nature of the soil could you carefully pick out the remaining snail bait, then dispose into the outside park bins.

Arbor 4. Train Nasturtiums onto the Arbor.

Bed 4. There are still a few Rocket leaves to harvest for your own use. The Dutch Cream Potatoes are shooting. When the shoots reach 15-20cm in height they can be top dressed with straw and compost to enable more potatoes to form.

Arbor 5. See Arbor 2.

Bed 5. Tend Tomatoes under Jennifer’s guidance. Harvest ripe Radishes. See comment on Dutch Cream Potatoes above.

Arbor 6. Coax the fragile Sweet Peas onto the Arbor. Harvest Beans for your own use.

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