Clocks go back, days are drawing in quick and the threat of the first frost looms. Cold biting winds, falling leaves and dreary weather are signalling the end of the gardening year, take a moment to look around you and marvel at October’s autumn color palette. It sure is beautiful, especially when the sun shines. There are still jobs to be getting on with in the vegetable garden, so don’t put your tools away just yet!
Some jobs for October:
- Keep picking those courgettes and beans before the first frost arrives
- Sow green manures
- Tidy the strawberry bed, pot up stray runners and overwinter in a greenhouse or well-lit shed
- Make a leaf bin and start collecting fallen leaves to make leaf mould
- Start planting garlic at the end of the month
- Harvest and carve pumpkins for Halloween/Samhain celebrations
- Autumn sow hardy broad beans (Aquaduce Claudia) and peas (Meteor) for an early crop late spring
- Start…
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