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October the portal month
Big changes in light and temperature, plant garlic with a cover crop, new plantings with no rotation, 2025 Trial results, harvests and storing
October the portal month
Big changes in light and temperature, plant garlic with a cover crop, new plantings with no rotation, 2025 Trial results, harvests and storing

Autumn advancing
Every day around equinox, we lose 3.5 minutes of daylight, so certain jobs become urgent such as the last sowings, and others I explain here.
Autumn advancing
Every day around equinox, we lose 3.5 minutes of daylight, so certain jobs become urgent such as the last sowings, and others I explain here.

12th May before removing fleece, with the weath...
Summer is coming and it can be a mad rush, now that we can finally plant out frost tender plants. It may also be a question of finding space for...
12th May before removing fleece, with the weath...
Summer is coming and it can be a mad rush, now that we can finally plant out frost tender plants. It may also be a question of finding space for...

Almost-spring late February, wind and weather, ...
Summer is coming and it can be a mad rush, now that we can finally plant out frost tender plants.
Almost-spring late February, wind and weather, ...
Summer is coming and it can be a mad rush, now that we can finally plant out frost tender plants.

Prep for Autumn, late August
When busy harvesting and enjoying all the food, it's easy to forget the particular times in late summer and early autumn for sowing seeds.
Prep for Autumn, late August
When busy harvesting and enjoying all the food, it's easy to forget the particular times in late summer and early autumn for sowing seeds.

August 2025
When busy harvesting and enjoying all the food, it's easy to forget the particular times in late summer and early autumn for sowing seeds. They are for harvesting mostly after...
August 2025
When busy harvesting and enjoying all the food, it's easy to forget the particular times in late summer and early autumn for sowing seeds. They are for harvesting mostly after...