Job of the week
Take verbena cuttings
Now's the perfect time to take cuttings from your borderline-hardy perennials, such as verbena, to replace any that may get cut down by frost in the winter.
Takes just: 45 minutes
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- Keep picking summer-sown salads
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- Take root cuttings from Japanese anemones and oriental poppies
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- Lay new turf and re-sow bare patches of lawn
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