Gardening - jobs for the week ahead

There's a distinct chill in the air but there are still a good many things to be doing in your garden:
By Chris Bond
Published 9th Oct 2020, 16:45 BST
Now is a good time to lift and divide overgrown clumps of rhubarb.Now is a good time to lift and divide overgrown clumps of rhubarb.
Now is a good time to lift and divide overgrown clumps of rhubarb.

Finish harvesting apples and pears before the birds make a meal of them or they fall and rot.

Lift and store any threatened summer-flowering bulbs and dahlias – unless you want to gamble on them surviving a winter outdoors, underground.

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Clear fallen leaves; leaving them covering the garden encourages the spread of disease and provides homes for many pests.

Lift and divide overgrown clumps of rhubarb (pictured). Some people still believe it best to leave the new crown on top of the soil so that it can be frosted before being replanted.

If the weather allows, dig over empty beds and borders.

Continue to plant spring bulbs such as tulips.

Lift and divide big clumps of summer-flowering herbaceous perennials.