| Jobs for December | | | | dressing before it gets too wet. And remember |
| Finish up your autumn gardening chores now and | | | | to keep leaves off the lawn as well. |
| start planning for the new planting year. Here are | | | | Get quotes for winter treework now because the |
| some ideas of what to do. Now's the time to | | | | winter is the best time to work on trees while |
| finish planting spring bulbs and early summer bulbs | | | | they are dormant - you can get details of |
| such as Alliums - these will look great next year | | | | recommended tree surgeons from the |
| at a fraction of ready grown prices. Keep | | | | Arboricultural Association at You can also |
| dead-heading roses for continued flowers but | | | | transplant most shrubs quite easily now. Wait for |
| start pruning some of the other shrubs that need | | | | leaves to drop on deciduous plants first. Prune |
| controlling now. | | | | evergreen hedges and cut out diseased, dead and |
| In the fruit garden pick prune back bushes like | | | | damaged wood in shrubs. |
| raspberries, cutting the oldest third of canes out. | | | | Late autumn is also a great time to do some |
| Cover ponds with netting to catch the leaf fall and | | | | bigger garden projects such as re-laying lawns, |
| if it gets icy where you live then make sure you | | | | preparing new borders and planting trees. Get |
| have a tennis ball floating in the pond. When it ices | | | | ahead of the pack by planning your new garden |
| over pull out the tennis ball to create somewhere | | | | now by calling a garden designer in and planning |
| for oxygen to get in. | | | | for a summer of colour! |
| Finish autumn lawncare such as aeration and top | | | | |