Weekly jobs

Keep up the watering and feeding routines on pots and containers – there’s still life there if you care for them.

Pot up some mint and parsley for your kitchen windowsill.

September is an ideal time to re-seed or returf your lawn.

When harvesting your potatoes, remove all the little ones from the soil as well as these can carry disease. Perennial weeds in the borders or your lawns can be treated by applying weed killer this month.

In the veg and fruit garden, the main job is harvesting but also think about ordering new fruit trees. You can also plant out your spring cabbages now but cover with netting to protect from birds. Autumn onion sets and garlic can be planted out now, too.

Extend your herbaceous borders’ season by planting late interest plants such as sedums and asters.