Your Garden - October If you are not sure what jobs you could be doing in your garden in October, here are a few suggestions:
Kitchen Garden
Check stakes on fruit trees and ties are not too tight
Cut out fruited raspberry canes and tie in new ones
Plant new fruit trees and bushes
Take hardwood cuttings from currants and gooseberries
Plant winter lettuces in cloches
Stake large brussel sprouts in exposed sites
Cut down and remove foliage of asparagus
Sow overwintering onions and garlic and shallots
Start feeding birds more regularly
Flower Garden
Clear summer bedding from beds and pots and compost
Plant out wallflowers and sweet williams, Pansies and Violas
Continue planting spring bulbs
Dig up and store dahlias tubers and gladiolus corms. Dust with green sulphur
Protect tender plants like gunnera and tree ferns etc using fleece.
Plant herbaceous perennials in light soils.
Lawns
Continue laying lawns if weather permits
Rake leaves from lawns and compost
Scarify the lawn if not done in September
Avoid mowing very wet grass; if dry set blades high before cutting
Gardening will be very much dependent on the weather in your area with the timings given as a guide only.
Please refer to seasonal products for a selection of our seasonal plants, products and latest new arrivals for your flower and vegetable gardens.