Sowing

Seeds you can sow this month include winter salads such as radish, annual spinach, late leeks, winter cabbages, Brussels sprouts, calabrese, kale, swede, lettuce, scallions, courgettes, squash, pumpkin, sweetcorn, French beans and runner beans.

In spaces that will be unused over the winter months, you could grow a green manure to improve your soil for next season!

Harvesting

Crops that should be ready to harvest this month include lettuce, scallions, radish, turnip, early cabbage, early potatoes, early peas, broad beans, spinach and chard.

Fruit bushes

Cover developing and ripening fruit bushes with netting or fleece to protect them from birds. Apply regular tomato feed. Check for aphids and apply with soapy spray if necessary.