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Must do this month

Harvest fruit and vegetables when ripe. Store apples and pears for use over the winter.

Other jobs to do

	Sow hardy annuals to be overwintered outdoors as soon as possible in cold areas. They will probably require protecting over the winter with cloches or horticultural fleece.
	Sow parsley and chevril to provide leaves for winter and spring use. Put herbs in pots to force for early shoots next year. Harvest all basil since the leaves soon deteriorate as nights get colder.
	Plant out spring-flowering biennials including wallflowers and forget-me-nots in their flowering positions to give them to establish before the winter.
	Plant prepared bulbs in containers for indoor display to ensure you have blooms over Christmas.
	Plant bulbs for spring-flowering in the garden. Give priority to daffodils as they begin their root growth earlier than most bulbs.
	Before the first frost lift tender or slightly tender perennials, such as argyranthemums, fuchsias and pelargoniums, to be overwintered under protection. If you do not have room to house many plants under cover, take cuttings of tender perennials to keep over the winter in case the parent plant dies.
	Move late-flowering chrysanthemums in pots into the greenhouse before the first frost.
	Bring in house plants that have been standing outdoors for the summer before the evenings become cold. Don't wait until the first frost is forecast.
	Cover summer bedding with several layers of horticultural fleece if it is still blooming well and frost is forecast. This protection may be sufficient to prolong the display for a little longer.
	Maintain pest and disease control so that you are not storing up problems for next year. Continue to remove weeds so that they do not shed seeds which will remain in the soil over the winter.

After the lull of activity at the end of summer, suddenly there are lots of jobs to be done in the garden, some of them urgent. The summer bedding will now be past its best, and it is time to think about replanting for a spring display.

If there are early frosts, the transition between summer and autumn can seem abrupt, yet in some years fine weather can continue through to the end of the month.

In September, you need to be especially alert to changing weather conditions to get one step ahead, so that everything that needs to be completed before the first frosts arrive is achieved.

Finish taking late cuttings as soon as possible this month and sow appropriate seeds while there is still residual warmth in the soil. Autumn is the best time to plant trees and shrubs, so plan your new plantings, organise ordering and buying and start planting as soon as there has been enough rain to make watering unnecessary. In some years this may not be until October.