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Cover strawberries with netting to keep birds off the fruitSow seeds of the following vegetables outside now: radish, runner beans, calabrese, pak choi, mizuna, marrows, courgettes, chicory, kohl rabi, lettuce, marrows, swede, turnip, French beans and endive

Keep harvesting root veg such as beetroot and carrotsOrder fruit trees and bushes for planting from late autumnFinish picking beans, but leave a few pods to ripen fully to save their seedClear away plants and fading foliage from old cropsPrune back

Keep harvesting root veg such as beetroot and carrotsOrder fruit trees and bushes for planting from late autumnFinish picking beans, but leave a few pods to ripen fully to save their seedClear away plants and fading foliage from old cropsPrune back

Finish planting out vegetable crops, including tomatoes, beans, courgettes and sweetcornSow summer salads in guttering to grow quick cropsUse netting to protect developing and ripening fruits from birdsTie in new shoots on blackberries, raspberries

Discover the theory behind crop rotation, with Monty's back-to-basics video advice to giving optimum growing conditions for vegetable groups such as potatoes, legumes (beans, peas etc), brassicas (cabbages, cauliflowers, radishes), root vegebles

Continue picking sweetcorn, beans and marrows Prune out fruited blackberry stems and tie in new onesSave seeds from favourite bean varieties to plant next springHarvest and store apples, wrapping them in newspaper for storageLift and store onions

Make a cross-cut in cabbage stems when harvesting to encourage a further cropSow broad beans for early crops next May and JunePut cloches over tender herbs like basil and corianderPot up mint, chives and parsley to keep on a bright window sill

Add old crops and bedding to the compost heapSpike lawns then brush grit into the holes to improve surface drainageCollect seeds from beans and sweet peas to sow next yearFirm soil around newly planted trees and shrubs if they've been loosened

next yearHarvest mature marrows, pumpkins and squashesSave fully ripe seeds from your favourite peas, beans and tomatoes to sow next yearPick apples and pears as they ripenSow a green manure crop of winter rye on bare areas of soilOrder fruit trees

Clear away climbing beans, then pull up, clean and store away canes and supportsPlant new fruit trees and bushesCheck fruits in storage and remove any showing signs of rotPot up leafy herbs to bring on to a window sill and use in winterSow hardy