Job of the week
Plant a small tree
No matter how small your garden, choose your variety carefully and you'll find there's always room for a tree. A tree will add height, colour and architectural interest to a garden and, if planted properly, should provide many years of enjoyment. Now is the ideal time to plant trees, so follow our step-by-step guide to giving your tree the best start.
Takes just: 1 hour
Flowers
- Collect seed from allium and sow straight away
- Plant evergreen shrubs and conifer hedges
- Carefully dig up gladioli corms
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Fruit and veg
- Keep harvesting root veg such as beetroot and carrots
- Order fruit trees and bushes for planting from late autumn
- Finish picking beans, but leave a few pods to ripen
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Greenhouse
- Sow sweet peas
- Continue harvesting chillies, peppers and other crops
- Reduce watering potted tuberous begonias
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Around the garden
- Clean out bird boxes
- Level out dips in lawns with loam-based compost and oversow with grass seed
- Clear away debris that could be sheltering slugs and snails
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