Gardening Year - October

Autumn has definately arrived and you will notice a distinct change in temperature and light levels, but any feeling of sadness that you may have that summer has finally gone now can surely be banished by looking at the wonderful array of autumn fruits of all types and the extraordinarily beautiful colours of the changing foliage. It is a great time to work in the garden as temperatures are obviously considerably cooler but at the same time it is still very good weather for planting.

Shorter day lengths will however mean that if you go out to work you will have to do most of your gardening in a snatched few minutes on your return home or at the weekends, or if you are feeling really in the gardening mood, in the odd day taken off work.