Seasonal Tips
Make a note of your successes and failures so you can plan to do even better next season.
Clear away dead plant material and compost it – except diseased plants and perennial weeds which you should burn or take off the site.
Harvest summer vegetables and lift potatoes and beetroots before the first frost.
Cut pumpkins and winter squashes – cure them so they will keep over winter by leaving them in the sun to harden their skins.
Cover autumn salads and Oriental leaves with cloches or fleece to protect from frost.
Sow broad beans seeds outside or start them in pots.
Plant rhubarb and bare-root fruit bushes, such as gooseberries and currants.
Plant grapevines and strawberries.
Take down and store supports for beans, peas and tomatoes.
Lift potatoes and beetroots before the first frost.
Plant garlic, onion and shallot sets. Cover with fleece to protect from birds and the allium moth that caused lots of damage last year. https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=643
Build a compost heap https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/compost
Plant green manures to improve your soil. https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/green-manures