Jobs to be getting on with this month.
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- Continue raking up the leaves for making leaf mould.
- General tidy up.
- Collect and hang seed heads for Christmas decorations.
- Add mulch over dormant perennials.
- Propagate hardwood cuttings.
- Plant out winter bedding.
- Last chance to plant tulip and hyacinth bulbs.
- Put cloches over mint and parsley to offer late pickings.
- Force rhubarb and chicory for early picking.
- Sow cauliflowers, early broad beans and peas.
- Protect spring vegetables from pigeons.
- Best month for hard pruning fruit trees and bushes.
- Apply grease bands to fruit trees.
- Light prune roses to prevent wind damage.
- Bonfire diseased material, saving ash to enrich compost.
- Lag outdoor taps and service pipes.
- Clean, sharpen and oil tools for winter storage.
- Avoid walking across the lawn in frost.
- Clean and apply insulation wrap to greenhouse.
- Lift chrysanthemums and store in cool greenhouse.
- Move potted herbs into greenhouse to extend cropping.
- Plant early potatoes in containers in the greenhouse.
- Sow winter salads in greenhouse.