JOB FOR THE MONTH

LIFT & STORE CARROTS

STEP 1: Home-grown carrots are delicious and well worth growing if you can keep carrot fly off by growing them under an insect-proof mesh. This method works well as long as there are no gaps to allow the adults flies in and you rotate the crop every year. Roots left in over winter can be damaged by a late attack of root fly or heavy frosts, so I like to lift before winter.

Once the protective covers have been removed, cut down all the foliage to within a couple of inches and dispose of it on to the compost