Sowing & Planting

• The last of your Oriental and salad leaves for this year
• Spring cabbages and Japanese onion sets to overwinter
• Transplant spring cabbages to their final growing positions
• Plant overwintering autumn onion sets

Harvesting

• Remaining summer vegetables (beans, tomatoes, peppers, sweetcorn, globe artichokes)
• First of the autumn crops (leeks, pumpkins and main crop potatoes
• Pick late plumbs, mid-season apples and pears, and autumn fruiting raspberries.

Preparation

• Clear away dead foliage and other plant remains as soon as crops are finished.
• Cover empty ground to discourage weeds.
• Add everything you can to your compost heap - check there is no sign of disease.
• Cut down asparagus to 2.5cm above the ground
• Stake Brussels sprouts