Kitchen Garden

TOP JOBS FOR SEPTEMBER

SAVE YOUR OWN SEEDS

Save seeds of non-hybrid varieties of beans and tomatoes. Leave a few carrots, leeks, onions and parsnips over winter to flower next summer for plenty of fresh seed.

PLANT AUTUMN ONIONS

Love your onions? Get an extra-early crop next summer by planting autumn onion sets. Plant in rows 30cm (1ft) apart, leaving 10cm (4in) between the sets.

CUT BACK ASPARAGUS

Cut asparagus ferns down to ground level once they turn straw coloured. Discard the

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