1 Cover rows of perpetual (autumn) varieties of strawberries with cloches or horticultural fleece at night to help them ripen.
2
Continue to plant up containers for winter displays, including cyclamen, winter-flowering heathers and pansies for colour.
3
Lift tender perennials such as osteospermums, argyranthemums and fuchsias for over-wintering.
4 Re-pot arum lilies for winter flowering under glass, using John Innes No. 3 potting compost, placing three in a 20-23cm (8-9in) pot. Store them in the greenhouse or indoors.
5
Remove any rubbish that has built up at the base of climbers in the summer to allow winter rain to reach the soil below.
6
Plant garlic outdoors in mild areas in light, well-dug soil. In cold areas or where the soil is heavy, start it off in modular trays.
7 Sow grass seed now, which should germinate in two to three weeks.
8 Reduce the watering and feeding of house and conservatory plants, as growth slows
down and flowering stops.
9 Harvest any remaining runner and broad beans before the first frosts.