For a supply of lettuce in the winter, sow seed thinly in well drained seed boxes with the compost being finely sifted. Sterilise by pouring boiling water over the compost a few hours before sowing. Keep boxes covered until 3 or 4 leaves are showing then replant to a bed in the greenhouse.

Keep a watch on apples and pears in storage. Inspect them for rot.

Prepare sites for new fruit trees ready for November (or just after) planting. The point about winter planting is that it gives the roots time to establish before the growing season.

Clean up leaves from lawns and compost all except evergreen leaves.