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Grow Your Own - Pick, taste and cook

It’s time to plant your overwintering fruit and vegetables and do some housekeeping, says Mary Llewellin

September is the time of plenty in the garden. Apples, plums, blackberries and raspberries are ‘in full swing’, as well as courgettes, beetroot, kale, chard and sweetcorn, so it’s a great time to get the children involved in picking, tasting and cooking.

The sun is still warm but there’s a definite feeling of change in the air as the mornings begin to feel that little bit fresher, the dew lies heavier and light mists often shroud the garden.

To do list

If you have space for a strawberry bed, you can plant it up this month, so that the strawberries can get established over the winter.

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