| 1 January 2025 Happy New Year Plotters! Jobs for January include: – Harvesting hardy winter varieties of veg like cabbages, cauliflowers, other brassicas, leeks, roots like parsnips and swedes plus celeriac etc – Spread manure or compost over empty beds – Warm up the beds by covering with cardboard or thick plastic sheeting – Buy and start to chit seed potatoes – Winter prune established fruit trees, in pots – not to be grown in the ground please – Plan your sowing and planting scheme for the year We had additional work done to the large sheds to prolong their lives and in 2025 we shall be aiming to improve the gravel car park area. Please continue to chop up vegetation small for the compost bins and take woodier waste up to the bonfire site. Manure is available – £1 a barrow load. Please make payments referencing manure. I’m glad to report that the additional flood prevention pond and drainage seems to be working. Here is a reminder of how it was two years ago! Happy New Year to all! Lucinda |
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