Autumn Gardening Tips: October

October

• Conduct a through weeding at the start of the month to reduce work during the wet months to come
• Plant herbaceous perennials
• Remove any remaining annuals and plant out biennuals and hardy perennials raised from seed
• Thin out any dense patches of water plants in your pond and clean up any litter and leaves from the surface and bottom. Thin out oxygenating plants. Don't forget to place a net over the pool to protect from falling leaves.
• Spray cherries, peaches and nectarines
• Plant out winter and hardy spring vegetables
• Remove dead leaves, and remove any remaining annuals and summer bedding plants
• Dress borders with bone-meal
• Continue to weed and turn beds