Jobs you must do in your garden during autumn
Autumn is just around the corner so it’s time to tidy up and rejuvenate your garden. The cooler weather makes it the perfect time to tackle tasks to ensure your garden continues to thrive through to spring.
Tidy-up
Take advantage of the cool autumn days to do some general tidy-up around the garden. Prune perennials, cut back climbers, trim shrubs and pull out weeds.
Clean-up the tools
Clean and sharpen hand tools. Wash gardening gloves. Sort through your products and get rid of anything that is past its used-by date. Make sure you don’t throw your chemicals in the bin though. Check with your local council for safe disposal options.
Start a compost heap
If you haven’t started on already then autumn is the perfect time to begin. The autumn leaves will soon be in plentiful supply and are a good source of organic matter for your heap.
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Rearrange plants
Autumn is the best time to transplant plants as the days are cooler but the soil is still warm from summer. Evergreen shrubs, perennials and clumping plants usually transplant easily but leave deciduous plants until winter. Keep an eye on the transplanted plants and give them a hand if they look like dry.
Aerate the lawn
Your lawn may need some TLC after summer. Soil aeration is as simple as plunging a garden fork as far as you can into the soil and moving it back and forth slightly. Do this all over the lawn. Loosening soil helps encourage deeper and stronger growth root and will allow water to penetrate when it rains. Do this for your garden beds as well.
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