Today 
It's time to...
Clean out bird boxes- Level out dips in lawns with loam-based compost and oversow with fresh grass seed
- Clear away debris that could be sheltering slugs and snails
- Check bonfires before lighting, in case they are sheltering sleeping hedgehogs
- Send off for seed catalogues
- Trim lawns during dry weather with blades set high
- Bring garden hoses and sprinklers under cover for winter to avoid damage in freezing weather
- Collect canes and plant supports, and store them in the shed
- Sow a green manure crop over bare areas of ground, to dig into the ground as fertiliser in spring
- Throw a net over branches of holly berries to protect them from hungry birds
