START heating the greenhouse at night to protect tender plants.

Make new lawns from turf.

Examine pears in store every few days, and eat them as soon as they are ripe.

Shelter pot-grown strawberries from heavy rain.

Cut down the top growth of dahlias when they are blackened by frost then lift and dry the tubers for storage.

Remove half-hardy fuchsias from the garden and from containers, and put them in pots to overwinter under cover.

Take hardwood cuttings of roses and root outdoors.