Kitchen Garden

TOP JOBS FOR NOVEMBER

TAKE OFF NETTING

We try so hard to stop birds eating our precious fruits but now they can lend a helping beak by pecking up overwintering insect pests. Remove fruit cage netting to let them in.

HARVEST ROOTS

Harvest root crops like beetroot as needed. Most should sit just fine for much of the winter, while parsnips will actually improve in flavour as it turns colder.

PRUNE RASPBERRIES

Once autumn-fruiting raspberries have finished fruiting, prune

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