Turn clover into cover to prepare ground for veg
WHILE the weather is warm, weeds are still in growth so try to get on top of weeding before inclement weather arrives – you’ll be glad you did in the spring.
Is your veg patch bare? Consider planting a green manure such as clover or winter bean which will put some goodness back into the soil and elbow out weeds, which will want to colonise bare soil.
Messy-looking perennials that have finished flowering can be cut back, but leave ones with ornamental-looking seed heads to overwinter.
October may be the final cut for your lawn. Apply an autumn fertiliser afterwards.
Tender plants such as salvias need to be dug up, potted and put in a frost-free conservatory for the winter. Cover the crowns of tender plants that you are leaving outside with a thick dry mulch.
Make sure to get some bulbs in the ground now so you can enjoy a gorgeous spring display of daffodils.
Plant autumn garlic bulbs and autumn onion sets.