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While the weather is still pleasant, do a bit of a tidy-up, sorting fallen leaves and plants that have died back. Net ponds before leaves fall in.
It’s still warm enough to grow cut-and-come-again salad crops, or grow under cover to have green leaves to harvest in winter.
Take semi-ripe cuttings of evergreen shrubs, such as hebes, camellias, choisya, holly, laurel and box, as well as herbs like rosemary and lavender, and conifers.
Choose healthy material, cut about 4-6in in length, just below a leaf and pot up as soon as possible. You can also do hardwood cuttings of roses now.
It’s a good time of year to establish new lawns, or repair damaged areas. Feed established lawns with high-potassium feed for autumn strength.
Apples are ready for harvest when you can gently tug them from the tree.
Plant biennials, such as foxgloves and honesty, to flower next year.
Pot up prepared hyacinth bulbs and paperwhite daffodils to force for Christmas – they make wonderful gifts and house plants.