Kitchen Garden

TOP JOBS FOR JULY

SHAKE YOUR SWEETCORN

Mimic the wind and regularly but gently shake your sweetcorn to encourage good pollination. This will mean better cobs filled with delicious kernels.

HARVEST SECOND EARLIES

After lifting any first earlies that are still in the ground and taking them to the kitchen (they don't store very well), it is time to start harvesting second early potatoes.

PINCH OUT BEANS

Pinch out the growing tips of climbing beans once they have reached the tops of their structures.

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