WHAT TO DO THIS WEEK

■ TAKE a walk through your garden and see what seeds or berries are available to collect and keep for spring sowings.

■ NOT everything needs to be tidied up – a pile of leaves can make a cosy bed for a hedgehog this winter.

■ HAVE you got all your garden furniture indoors or covered up for the winter? In the garage, these can be cleaned or repainted.

■ VINES can be pruned hard, back to two buds of last year’s growth, to encourage fruiting spurs.

■ THERE’S still a fair amount of weeds in the ground – dig them out or spray them off so you don’t have to face them in the spring.

■ RETAILERS are discounting bulbs now so grab a few and get them in the ground.