October

• Before the first frost you should in the vegetable garden root vegetables such as celeriac, parsnip, beetroot and carrot harvest, kale only after that.
• Would you like to create an asparagus bed in the coming garden year? Then dig the garden at the appropriate place
• Prepare for the first night frosts and provide sufficient winter protection material such as fleeces, mats or sacks If not now then when? Use these days for the planting of roses perennials hedges or other woody plants. Because they have enough opportunity to grow.
• Tidying up is essential in the orchard. Regularly remove any fallen fruit to counteract diseases and pests.
• Cut back fruit trees after the harvest. So that the trees cope better with the pruning and are fit for the next year, make the cut in good weather.
• Open areas, for example, under shrubs with a layer of mulch, so that the soil below it remains loose and fertile.
• Check houseplants for pests again and again.
• Make your pond winter-ready: before the first frost, remove the water pump and the filter.
• Protect potted plants from the frost and winter delicate plants. Important: These must not be stored too wet.
• The time has come for the last lawncut. In milder weather you can mend their lawn with seeding.