JOBS TO DO THIS WEEK

■ Tender plants like salvias, left, will soon 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.

■ While the weather is warm, weeds are still in growth so try to get on top of them before inclement weather arrives – you’ll be glad you did in spring! ■ Is your veg patch bare? Consider planting a green manure such as clover, inset, or winter bean. This 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.

■ Make sure to get some bulbs in the ground now for a gorgeous spring display of daffodils.

■ Plant autumn garlic bulbs and autumn onion sets.