Cut if necessary, but
not too close. Hollow tine if drainage is bad and cover with coarse
sand.
Continue to remove fallen leaves.
If lawns are being made from turf, turves can be laid in any mild
spell of weather between September and March
Vegetables
Lift some rhubarb roots
and allow to get frosted before re-planting in order to get early
stalks.
Remove decaying leaves from winter greens such as Brussels sprouts,
curly kale etc.
Sow broads beans in sheltered southern area.
Begin digging over the vegetable garden.
Fruit
Prune established apple
and pear trees, collect and burn prunings. Inspect fruit in store
regularly.
Plant black currents and raspberries.
Plant fruit trees in well-prepared and enriched soil.
Shrubs
Provide shelter of straw
or sacking for newly planted shrubs.
Prune climbing plants such as honeysuckle, rose, abutilon.
Take hard-wood cuttings.
Prepare soil for planting shrubs.
Flowers
Plant tulips and other
bulbs outside.
Lift Chrysanthemums and put in cold frame to over-winter.
Remove fallen leaves from rockeries
Cut down dead tops of perennials and fork over the beds.
Plant hardy herbaceous annuals and perennials.
Frame & Indoors
Spring clean and
re-paint cold frames.
Have mats or protective materials available to cover frames in
severe frosts.
Keep glass clean to ensure good light.
Reduce water to plants in rooms not centrally heated.
Fill and replant window boxes, using John Innes or other good
compost.
General
Apply lime.
Begin general garden construction work.
