1. Continue dead-heading pansies and violas to encourage more flowers.
2. Order seeds from catalogues as soon as possible.
3. Ensure that propagators are working properly and are clean.
4. Ventilate the greenhouse on sunny days.
5. Protect containers outside if excessively cold.
6. Dig any vacant ground in the vegetable garden and incorporate organic matter.
7. Consolidate plants into one area of the greenhouse and insulate this area.
8. Check heaters are working in the greenhouse.
9. Prune over-wintering fuchsias and geraniums in the greenhouse.
10. Sow broad beans.
11. Plant out bare-rooted plants if the soil isn’t waterlogged or frosted.
12. Cut down autumn fruiting raspberries.
13. Collect late fallen leaves on lawns.
14. Keep off lawns in frosty weather.
15. Clean and service mowers.
Derek & Lin Walker
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Lin and Derek Walker 2007