Newsletter April 2009

Autumn is here!

With the weather so topsy-turvy, you might not believe that 1st March marked the beginning of cooler days and the time for Autumnal chores in the garden such as constructing a pathway or a pergola, sharpening your tools, improving your soil or mulching the garden beds.
With the tough economic times we are now in, we can do no better than get out into the garden and grow our own food. A healthy meal can be made with a little protein from the shop (meat or eggs or fish) and some very cheap greens and potatoes from the garden. Times maybe difficult but a garden provides healthy exercise and puts dinner on the table.

Handy Hints for April

· Orientating your crops by planting annual crops in east-west rows with small varieties on the sunward side and successions running towards the sun so that older and larger plants do not shade younger ones