How to Grow Exceptional Produce

An introduction to autumn

with JANE SCOTTER — Leading biodynamic grower of fruit and vegetables. Supplier to Michelin star restaurant Spring.

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Autumn is harvesting season. Here, you’ll learn about the essential autumn tasks that will help you prepare for next year’s growing season.

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An Introduction to Autumn

At this time of year, most of our planting, sowing and weeding has come to an end and everything is in its prime and ready for harvesting. The end of September is the most bountiful time at Fern Verrow, everything is fully grown and ready to take us through the winter.

It's also the time of year that we take care of our perennial plants, removing any dead wood and applying compost to the roots to help support the plants with next year's growth.

We also apply preparations to the land now too, boosting its nutritional content in readiness for the growing season ahead.

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Jane Scotter

Leading biodynamic grower of fruit and vegetables. Supplier to Michelin star restaurant Spring.

Jane Scotter has been farming at Fern Verrow - her certified biodynamic farm at the foothills of the Black Mountains in Herefordshire - since 1996, where she cultivates a wide range of truly seasonal vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers. Jane believes that vegetables and fruit grown in good soil, at the right time of year and open to the elements have a greatly enhanced character and flavour, and that size and shape are unimportant when compared to taste and true quality. Since 2015 she has had a farm-to-table collaboration with Michelin starred chef Skye Gyngell and her London restaurant, Spring, and also grows flowers for acclaimed London florists, JamJar Flowers.

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