Duck the rain!

Do the last lawn mowing before the clocks go back

Pick the last of the non-hardy stuff before the first frosts hit

Store apples in boxes, preferably well-aired (like mushroom boxes) and not touching. Check regularly for those which have gone rotten.

Dig the last of the maincrop potatoes if there's any still in, or if you cut back plants because of blight in September. Store in paper lightproof sacks or hessian sacks in a dark cool place like a garage.

Plant garlic and overwintering onion sets

Weed bare plots and cover with something to keep them from becoming overgrown overwinter, or deliberately plant green manure if you don't mind digging it all in come spring!

Clear away diseased plant matter - or cover with plastic to let it dry out and use for a bonfire on 5th November. Be careful not to drop it on areas of ground that are for the same crop next year!

Plant bulbs in any areas you don't normally cultivate, to cheer everything up in spring.

Start cleaning pots (yeah, I know... I don't either!)

moonbells

wow Moonbells.............Wardy clean pots, I'm sure she does, then her hubby practices his magical tricks and they all disappear

Can I add to that list..................

Make Marrow Curd and Pickle Shallots (jobs leftover from last month )

He flaming well does. Hunting lie and low for pots again the other day

Thanks MB for that. Don't the tomatoes look yukky at this time of year. Blaagh

I even bought a sweeping brush yesters to sweep soil and stuff off my black sheet mulch cos that's the kinda gal I am Barmy

Have you tried ironing it?

I've got a wheelbarrow full of pots that need cleaning... Wonder if I'll find time for it this year

Put em in the dishwasher (I even put me wheel trims in mine )

What;s wheel trims?

Dunno Dom - I have alloys

oooooooh

ermmmmm Things to do in October.....

I know!! Delete the library Oh, someone already did that didn't they......


Aha, find the books. There you go.

Make your Christmas cakes!!!!!!!!!
Suexxx

I've not made a Christmas cake since I was about 14 The teacher bought all the Guiness for either that or pud, can't remember. We drank the lot, filled the bottles with cold tea and put the caps back on

Happy days

My niece made my cake last year cos I kept her in veggies. It was absolutely fantastic so I think we have a good arrangment going

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nnnnnnnnnoooooooooo they are called HUB-CAPS DOH

Pedant celibate pedant

Oh, and make Christmas pudding...

still got one left from last year, d'ya it'll be okidoke

yes Make sure you bung plenty of alchohol over it just in case it's got a tad dry

I made my Xmas puds today - going to give them plenty of brandy on a weekly basis for the next couple of months

I started collecting leaves today in the rain - tis a job for October. Also looked at some of the stuff I bagged up last year - lovely