September in your garden
September in your garden
"Warm September brings the fruit.....Sportsmen then begin to shoot"
September is a bountiful time in the veg garden when Mother Nature rewards our effort and patience with a wonderful array of goodies. This is a time for harvesting, preserving, freezing and tasting the delicious crops.
The Kitchen Garden
Veg
- Continue to dig maincrop potatoes. If your soil is very wet, consider harvesting the remainder of the crop and store in a dry, dark area.
- Harvest your onions and garlic, once the foliage has fallen over. Dry the crop in open sunshine and store in an airy place to prevent mildew.
- Prepare a plot for autumn onions and add some well-rotted organic material, Plant sets towards end of the month. Try 'Troy'(white) or 'Electric' (red) for positive results.
- Gather the last beans and peas and cut down the remaining vegetation.
- Continue to harvest peppers, ensuring liquid fertiliser is applied weekly.
- Check your sweetcorn and savour the juicy cobs.
Herbs
- Cut vigorous lovage to the ground and watch for fresh new growth within weeks.
- Gather bunches of herbs and dry them in the kitchen for winter use.
- Consider dividing large clumps of chives.
- Trim back and clean parsley bed to ensure good overwintering.
- Take some cuttings of mint, rosemary and sage now.
Greenhouse/Polytunnel
- Continue to harvest sweet peppers.
- Gather courgettes and cucumbers before they get too big.
- Feed tomato plants with a liquid fertiliser weekly. Remove bottom branches to allow sunlight reach fruit trusses.
- Move strawberry plants and allow to overwinter outdoors. Plant up some new runners.
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