• Collect fallen leaves for composting - but always wear gloves.

  • Harvest parsnips and leeks. 

  • Keep on top of weeds.

  • After harvesting, any bare earth should be covered with either cardboard, manure, compost or quick growing green manure (mustard seed) to prevent new weed growth and conserve nutrients.

  • Old tomato stems and fruit can be added to the compost heap, even if they have been hit by blight as the blight pathogen can only exist on growing material and the pathogen will not carry over to the n...

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