Autmumn 08 Newsletter
Frosty veggies
The first frosts are here and the vegetables and fruit pouring in from the garden have slowed down. There’s time to step away from the preserving jars and get your garden ready for winter. Pull out any fading plants, and compost them before they attract pests or disease. Make as much compost as you can ready for next spring – it will still break down over winter but more slowly. Keep it covered with old carpet and plastic to keep it warmer and drier.Winter is the time to fix things up, and replenish the soil before spring. Add compost or manure to raised beds, and mulch them with peastraw or lucerne to encourage worms and help the organic matter incorporate into the soil. Use whatever you have to tuck the bed in and keep it warm: black plastic, old carpet or cardboard weighed down with rocks.
It’s your last chance to plant out onion plants and shallots so they can rocket away in early spring. Prepare your garlic bed before it gets really cold, because planting garlic on the shortest day is a great way to celebrate solstice. If the ground is completely frozen, it can be planted three weeks either side. Choose the biggest, juiciest cloves to plant.
Enjoy some downtime.
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