General Maintenance

• Build a compost bin too accommodate all the remains of harvested crops.
• prepare ground that has become free after early crops to sow fast growing catch crops.
• Green manures can be sown on vacant land.
• Weeds need to be hoed off before they set seed.

Vegetables

• Harvest veg while it is still young and at its best, this is the advantage of growing your own.
• Sow winter Spinach, spring Cabbage and Japanese Onions before the warmth leaves the soil.
• Sow Turnips, these are best sown in situ as they hate root disturbance.
  Thin out when very young so the plants can get established quickly.
• Winter Radish can be sown varieties such as Mooli and Diakon will grow for use in winter or storage.
• As the leaves of Onions turn yellow bend the neck over to aid ripening.
  Lift the bulbs and dry either out doors in the sunshine or in a well ventilated area indoors.
• Keep picking Courgettes, or leave to produce Marrows.
• Harvest Sweetcorn when the fruit tassels turn brown.
• If the Peas and Beans are coming to the end of cropping, a few can be left to dry on the plant and supply you with seeds for next year.

Fruit

• Summer prune Raspberries, gooseberries, Cherries, cordon and espalier trained fruit.
• Prune Plums and Damsons after fruiting. Take out any dead or broken branches.
• Harvest Apples when they are fully ripe, but Pears can be pick whilst they are still firm and ripened before use.
• Make new Strawberry beds and plant out runners taken in the previous months.

Greenhouse

• Moulds on greenhouse plants can be a problem as the nights get colder and damper.
  Clear away any foliage that yellows or dies and generaly open up plants to allow air to flow freely.
• Continue to harvest all greenhouse crops to prolong cropping for as many weeks as possible.
• Check plants regularly for pests such as White fly and Red spider mite.
• Sow a greenhouse variety of Lettuce for autumn use.
• Dwarf French Beans can be sown in pots and grown on under glass to get a small crop in the latter months of the season