Gardening is all about planning, so if you want to enjoy home-grown pickings this Christmas, get sowing, planting and gathering now. Tasty winter treatsThis is your last chance if you want your own potatoes for Christmas dinner. Plant potatoes now so they’re ready for Christmas dinnerFill a potato sack, large container or old compost bag with 6in of compost. When the foliage is 3in high, add more compost to bury the leaves. Repeat this “earthing up” over the coming weeks, keeping the compost moist and feeding every 10-14 days with seaweed fertiliser.


Source:   The Times
September 22, 2018 23:10 UTC