• Lift Carrots and Beetroot and place in store.
• Transplant Lettuce sown last month to cold frame for winter use.
• Continue to earth up Celery.
• String up Onions or put in storage in net bags.
• Lift a few plants of Endive and place in a frame. Cover with pots to blanch them.
• Test Maincrop Potatoes to see if they are ready for lifting. This is done by digging up a tuber and rubbing the skin to see if has set. If the skin does not rub off easily the Potatoes are ready for lifting.
• Gather all outdoor Tomatoes including the green ones before they are damaged by frost. The green fruits can be ripened indoors on a sunny windowsill.
• Ensure that ripening Onions are kept dry. Place them in a cold frame if necessary.
• Lift, dry and store Shallots.
• Feed Leeks with a general fertiliser.
• Place excess Marrows in store. A good way of storing them is to place them in net bags in a cool dry place.
• Sow green manures for overwinter growing.
• Onions should now be ready for lifting and ripening.
• Continue to pick French and Runner beans so that they do not become stringy.
• Continue to earth up celery a little at a time.
• Pick sweetcorn as soon as it is ready. If left too long it will not be as sweet and will be starchy.
• If the haulms of maincrop potatoes have died down, lift, dry and store the tubers to prevent attacks by slugs or blight spores.