Don’t forget

PLANT fruit and nut trees; plant and divide rhubarb

LIFT carrots and beetroot before slugs and mice damage them

CHECK stored pumpkins, winter squash and fruit

SPREAD well-rotted organic matter over beds for earthworms to draw down

PRUNE gooseberries, white and red currants to open their silhouette

STAKE tall brassicas before wind topples plants in an exposed spot