Exercise 3 solution

Example answer (yours will differ):
Soil: loam in the main bed, slightly clay by the fence. First crops: salad leaves, potatoes, courgettes.
Late winter: spread 5 cm of rotted manure on the fence-side bed to open the clay.
Spring: rake a general fertiliser into the potato and courgette beds at the label rate; mulch all beds with compost once the soil is warm and moist, leaving gaps around stems.
Summer: courgettes get a liquid feed every two weeks once fruiting; salad leaves need none if the soil is rich.
Autumn: mulch with leaf mould and sow clover on any bare patch.
Check: look for pale leaves in summer and adjust.