13/10/2026
October is here! Have a read of Andrew Tokely's top jobs for the garden this month:
🌸 Sow Sweet Peas - Autumn sowing produces stronger plants and earlier flowers next spring.
🥕 Tidy the Veg Plot - Clear spent crops, remove weeds and add compost or well-rotted manure ready for winter digging.
🧅 Plant Autumn Onion Sets - Sow varieties like Senshyu Yellow, Electric and Snowball for an early harvest next June.
🌼 Refresh Flower Beds - Replace summer bedding with winter-flowering pansies, violas, wallflowers and spring bulbs.
🌱 Repair Your Lawn - Rake bare patches, add a little compost and sow grass seed while the soil is still warm.
🌿 Sow Perennials -Try Achillea, Aquilegia, Delphinium, Echinacea, Foxglove and Lupin in a cold frame or unheated greenhouse.
🥬 Grow Winter Salads - Sow winter lettuce, mixed salad leaves, Mizuna and Claytonia under cover for early spring harvests.
🥦 Get Ahead with Brassicas -Sow cauliflower, calabrese and cabbage for tasty crops next spring.
🎃 Harvest Pumpkins & Squashes – Pick when fully coloured, dry for a few days and store somewhere cool and dry.
🌱 Sow Overwinter Peas & Broad Beans - Try Pea Meteor, Douce Provence or Broad Bean Aquadulce Claudia for an early crop next year.
