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Finish summer pruning trained forms of apple and pear trees Harvest apples, pears, plums and gages as they ripenSave seeds from good varieties of beans, herbs and tomatoes that you've enjoyed this yearPot up herbs to use in winterPrune out fruited

into pots of soil to root new plants. Only ever propagate from healthy, disease-free stock. After fruiting, trim off all strawberry foliage with shearsSow seeds of vegetables now, including beetroot, cabbages, endive, kohl rabi, lettuce, radish, rocket

.Plan your seed-sowing year Trim lawn edges to keep the area neat and tidy Apply residual path weedkillers Around the gardenPlant lilies in large patio pots for summer displaysPrune shrub roses to low new shootsCut overgrown honeysuckle stems close

in potsSow strawberry seeds, including alpine varietiesVisit garden centres to buy young bedding plants Greenhouse30 minutesLearn effective lawn mowning techniques

, or even into the border.Treat timber fences, trellis and posts with preservativeInstall water butts to all downpipes on your houseApply moss killer to lawnsAround the gardenSow sunflowers outsideTrim winter-flowering heathersPick off faded flower heads

tomatoes with Bordeaux mixture to prevent blightThin heavy fruit crops, picking off the smallest. Aim to leave developing fruits about 10-15cm apart along the stems, perhaps thinning congested spurs down to just a single fruitSow seed of herbs now

on growing seedsPricking out seedlings, with Monty Don from BerryfieldsInsulate your greenhouseSow seeds indoorsBrowse a variety of tender perennial plantsView plants by soil type

plants get the most out of potassium feed.springMore advice on growing tomatoesRead Kate Bradbury's blog on the dos and don'ts of growing tomatoesGrowing tomatoes in pots and grow bagsGrowing tomatoes from seedGrowing tomatoes outsideSowing tomato seeds

and seed trays a thorough scrubbing ready for the start of the sowing season

from shrubs bending under the weightPick faded flowers off pansies to prevent them setting seedCollect and sow seed from garden shrubs and trees with berries