[ TASKS] KITCHEN GARDEN

• Protect tender vegetables with frost cover.

• Water vegetable beds once a week and potted veggies twice a week.

• Stake broad beans, Brussels sprouts and kale if necessary, and earth-up the soil around the stems of cabbages, broccoli and cauliflower.

• In dry areas, water the compost heap once a month.

• Order seed potatoes; divide asparagus and rhubarb. • Sterilise seedling trays by shaking off old soil, then washing them in bleach and hot water. Leave to soak for 15–20 minutes (use one part bleach to nine parts water).

Earth-up the soil around the stems of broccoli.

Stake your Brussels sprouts.