TIP OF THE MONTH ...
Cover your pots to stop the squirrels eating the bulbs or planing their own!
FLOWERS
Cut back perennials that have died down
Divide up your perennials
Mover tender plants into the greenhouse
Prume climbing roses
Collect seeds from summer flowering perennials and store in paper bags
Sow sweet pea seeds
Plant out spring bedding
VEGETABLE & FRUIT GARDENS
Harvest the last of the main crop of potatoes
Harvest the last of the runner beans, save the seeds and leave the roots in the ground as a soil fertiliser
Pull up carrots and store
Take off the last of the grren tomatoes and make into chutney
Divide rhubarb crowns
Plant our spring cabbages
Plant winter salads in growbags
Pot up mint and parsley for the kitchen window sill
GENERAL
It's a good time to turn your compost bines
Clear leaves and keep for making leaf mould
Clean out the greenhuse and wash down the staging
Isulate your greenhouse with bubble wrap
Last chance to mow your lawns and trim your hedges
Raise patio planters onto bricks so they are not sitting in water or ice over the winter
Clean out your bird boxes
Have fun in your garden this Autumn