Fiann’s tips for the weekend

* It’s still warm enough to germinate green manure and sowing some into vacant beds not only boosts fertility when dug in next spring, but covers your soil against weed colonisation over the autumn and winter.

* Keep a step ahead of botrytis and remove yellowing or spent leaves from any over-wintering brassicas.

* Keep sweeping up leaves and start a soil enriching leaf mould process for next year by piercing a few air holes in the bin liner that you have gathered them into. Store in the shade or shed for the next six months.