Gardening Jobs for October

Autumn has well and truly arrived!  

Simon, our garden centre manager, has put together a list of gardening jobs to do this month.

• Plant spring flowering bulbs now. 
• Lift cannas towards the end of the month, dry them out and store in a dark, frost-free place for the winter. 
• Plant containers with pansies, violas, cyclamen and hardy foliage plants to add some cheer to your garden throughout the winter. 
• Lift terracotta and ceramic pots and place on pot feet to prevent frost damage
• This is a good month to transplant trees and shrubs that are in the wrong place. The warm soil will encourage quick regrowth of roots. 
• Collect fallen leaves and compost for top dressing borders next year. 
• Sow broad beans and hardy peas. 
• Plant onion sets and garlic bulbs now. 
• Plant out spring cabbage plants. 
• Use grease bands around the trunks of fruit trees to prevent winter moths crawling up them and making a cosy home for winter. 
• Cut up blackberries and late fruiting raspberries down to the ground. 
• Pot up amaryllis bulbs for christmas flowering. 
• Insulate glasshouses with bubble wrap. 
• Sow sweet peas for overwintering. 
• Apply a miracle gro autumn lawn care to strengthen your grass and kill off the moss. 
• Clean out nesting boxes. 
• Feed the birds and plump them up for the winter months.