Property News · September 29, 2023

A little work now will mean a festival of produce to harvest over the winter


Many herbs can be grown year-round – just move them into sheltered spots when the weather turns coldI love this time of year. The steadily shortening days and warm autumnal light herald the transition to more gentle times in the garden. Yet there are still plenty of summer crops to harvest and the autumnal ones – damsons, hops, apples, winter squash – are arriving. As the season shifts, I can be found freezing runner beans and chopped tomatoes, as well as making the effort to properly prepare certain crops and plants to lengthen the time I’ll get to savour the taste of these abundant summer months.Parsley is one of the herbs I try to have growing year-round, given how straightforward it is to start from seed and how unfussy it is. I’ve successfully managed to keep my spring/summer parsley plants in the ground through winter with the protection of horticultural fleece, but last winter a blizzard reduced my overwintering plants to mush. So this autumn I’m going to lift one of my plants out of the ground and into a large pot filled with fresh compost which I can move to a more sheltered position to lightly pick from through the coming colder months. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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