| 1 September 2024 Here is the newsletter for September. First things first, jobs! – Harvest remaining summer veg, beans, tomatoes, peppers, sweetcorn and the first of your autumn crops of leeks, pumpkins, maincrop and sweet potatoes – Pick late plums, mid season apples, pears and autumn fruiting raspberries – Sow the last of your oriental and salad leaves for the year – Plant spring cabbages and Japanese onion sets to overwinter for next year – Clear away dead foliage as soon as your crops have finished – Add everything you can to the compost so long as there is no sign of disease – Check apples, pears and plums for brown rot and discard any infected fruit Harvest Festival is coming up on Saturday 21st September 11am to 1pm We have a working party planned for next Saturday 7th September 9am to 11am and another on 11th September at 2pm. We would be grateful for any donations to the raffle, cakes for the cake stall and jams and preserves/chutneys etc too. Plants for a plant stall also welcome. We will need volunteers on the day so please let us know if you can help. It is our big fundraiser for the year so please spread the word! Finally, please be sure to make payments for barrows of manure, £1 a load, by bank transfer. Thank you. Lucinda |
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