Become a weather watcher and be prepared to protect any tender plants with fleece or cloches against frost damage.

Continue with succession sowing of your vegetables and salad crops.

Earth up your potatoes to protect the new growth from late frost damage, and to ensure swelling tubers are kept covered and protected from turning green and poisonous.

Be on watch for pests that want to share your crops or devour them. Birds, butterflies, moths, slugs and snails, and other insect pests will be delighted if you leave them unprotected.

Tie in new shoots on autumn raspberries and sweet peas.

Plant out seedlings from your greenhouse such as beans, courgettes and squashes when the danger of frost has passed.

Plant Sweetcorn.

Apply mulch to discourage weeds and help your soil to retain moisture, and continue to weed.

Thin seedlings such as carrots, beetroot and lettuce to give them space to swell and grow.

Support broad beans by staking at the end of rows, and feeding string either side of the bean plants and tying to the posts.

Hoe at every opportunity. Large weeds can still run to seed once unearthed so pick them up.