Dig up main crop potatoes

 Now is the time to start thinking about lifting your main crop potatoes, provided they were planted in April.

Try and do the job on a dry and windy day and leave the potatoes on the ground about an hour to help them to dry out. Doing this helps the skin to harden off, so to speak.

You must be ruthless and reject any that have got any sign of not being "perfect"

Also another job for this week is to walk through your BrusselsSprouts, taking off all the lower leaves.

Doing so helps the formation of the sprout. As you are doing this it is a good idea to firm the ground at the base of the plant. Doing this helps the plant grow straight.