{"id":114023,"date":"2020-02-02T13:15:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T06:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/as-the-days-get-longer-start-chitting-and-composting-allan-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2020-02-02T14:10:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T07:10:33","slug":"as-the-days-get-longer-start-chitting-and-composting-allan-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/as-the-days-get-longer-start-chitting-and-composting-allan-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"As the days get longer, start chitting and composting | Allan Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nDig if the ground isn\u2019t frozen, sprout potatoes, sow broad beans and soak up the last of the winter quietFinally, February! We will start to dig sometime this month where the soil is not too waterlogged or frozen. We will add in aged compost, maybe leaf mould and well-rotted cow muck from free-range farmer Tom. We will fork it in or just spread it around for worms to do the work. Whatever your choice, whether you prefer to no-dig or not, the soil is stirring now. It is also a good time to think about sowing hardy green manures.Elsewhere, everywhere in the UK this month should be OK to chit \u2013 ie sprout \u2013 your preferred potatoes in a cool, light space. Blunt end up in egg boxes works best for me. Write names on a tag if you are mixing varieties, or first earlies with mains. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2020\/feb\/02\/as-the-days-get-longer-start-chitting-and-composting\" target=\"_blank\">As the days get longer, start chitting and composting | Allan Jenkins<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Dig if the ground isn\u2019t frozen, sprout potatoes, sow broad beans and soak up the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-tF5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78889,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/light-ahead-february-is-the-time-to-get-ready-for-the-growing-season\/","url_meta":{"origin":114023,"position":0},"title":"Light ahead: February is the time to get ready for the growing season","date":"February 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Take stock and prepare for spring. 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