Fruit and vegetables
- Pick ripe apples and store the best in fruit crates
- Dig up strawberry runners and pot them up
- Net autumn raspberries and blackberries to protect them from birds
- Lift and dry maincrop potatoes and store in paper sacks in a cool, dark place
- Pot up a few herbs to bring into a porch or grow on the window sill
- Sow broad beans and hardy peas for early crops next year
- Vegetables to sow now include winter radishes, lettuce and salad leaves, spinach and spring onions
Flowers and bulbs
- Buy tulips now while they're fresh in garden centres, but hold off planting till next month
- Plant daffodils, hyacinths and crocus in pots
- Lift and pot up tender perennials to protect over winter
- Clear away faded summer bedding and annuals, composting the plants
- Fork over bare patches ready for planting spring bulbs
- Sow sweet peas in pots and protect the plants in a frame over winter
- Sow hardy annuals in borders for earlier flowers next summer
- Pinch out sweet pea seedling tips for bushier plants and more flowers next year
- Collect and sow seeds from perennials and hardy annuals
Maintenance
- Remove old crops that have finished and clear away weeds to leave your plot clean and tidy for the winter.
- Improve soil by adding organic matter and/or horticultural grit
- Clean out greenhouses and poly tunnels to reduce the risk of pests and diseases next year
Lawn care
- Use a fork to aerator/spike your lawn and improve drainage
- Raise the cutting height when mowing the lawn
- Apply an autumn lawn food
Information and advice
Garden Organic: http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/todo_now/archive/sep/
RHS - Grow your own: http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardening/Grow-Your-Own
Thompson and Morgan: http://www.thompson-morgan.com/what-to-do-in-the-garden-in-september
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