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What to do now... weekly checklists

Knocking seed from dry seedhead

Job of the week

Save seeds

Perennial plants are often very generous in the amount of seed which they produce. Plants such as verbascum can produce thousands of seeds each year, and you can sow them to grow more plants for your garden or share them with friends and family.

Takes just: 10 minutes a day

Flowers

Taking rose cutting
  • Take cuttings of your favourite roses
  • Tidy borders by cutting down perennials past their best
  • Prune out old stems of rambling roses that carried flowers
  • See all flowers jobs

Fruit and veg

Picking sweetcorn
  • Continue picking sweetcorn, beans and marrows
  • Prune out fruited blackberry stems and tie in new ones
  • Save bean seeds from favourite varieties
  • See all fruit & veg jobs

Greenhouse

Greenhouse heater
  • Check greenhouse heaters are working efficiently
  • Bring tender plants under cover
  • Clear out exhausted crops and wash down glazing
  • See all greenhouse jobs

Around the garden

Raking up leaves
  • Collect leaves as they fall to make leaf-mould
  • Leave out sunflower seed heads for the birds to feed on
  • Collect up all watering kit to store in the shed
  • See all around the garden jobs

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