Garden jobs this month

Garden jobs in October

In October you plant trees, hedges and shrubs, leave fallen leaves under shrubs for hedgehogs and insects, and prune very little: the main winter pruning only starts in November.

• Plant container-grown or root-balled trees and shrubs.
• Rake leaves off the lawn and spread them under shrubs as mulch.
• Leave a pile of branches for hedgehogs.

Leave fallen leaves under shrubs and in borders: hedgehogs, toads and insects overwinter in them, and earthworms turn them into humus.

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