Around the garden job checklist - week 45

4 - 10 November 2013

It's time to...

Add old crops and bedding to the compost heap
Spike lawns then brush grit into the holes to improve surface drainage
Collect seeds from beans and sweet peas to sow next year
Firm soil around newly planted trees and shrubs if they've been loosened by wind
Check bulbs and tubers in storage for signs of rot
Rake up leaves to compost into leaf-mould
Sow a green manure crop of field beans on bare soil
Build a log pile for beneficial insects and animals to use for hibernation
Send off for new seed and bulb catalogues
Check bonfires carefully before lighting to make sure there are no sleeping hedgehogs underneath