WHAT TO DO THIS WEEK

■ GET a head start with hardy annuals and sow now. These can be sown in situ or in trays.

■ REMOVE summer raspberry canes that have finished fruiting. Next year’s fruit will be on the fresh green canes and these need tying in to supports. No raspberries? Think about ordering them and other fruiting canes such as blackberries now as you can plant them in the dormant season this winter.

■ DRY days are good for seed collection. Armed with a brown paper bag and pen, shake the seed into the bag and label.

■ START planting bulbs – you can get autumn flowering crocus, left, in the shops now which should be planted immediately.