Today 
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
