22 December 2020
Grow your own jobs for September
Even if the weather is still sunny and warm, the nights are colder now and there's dew on the ground in the mornings. Autumn is here and it's time to take stock of the year and tidy up. There's also plenty of veg to harvest and store.
In this article
What to do in September
Greenhouse
- Pick tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers
Outdoors
- Keep harvesting
- Dig up maincrop potatoes
- Dry onions, garlic and shallots for storage
- Sow winter salad
- Plant spring greens
- Stake Brussels sprouts
- Keep adding to the compost heap
- Net winter brassicas
The rest of the garden
Read our guide to gardening jobs for September.
Grow your own monthly jobs
- 1.Grow your own jobs for January and February
- 2.Grow your own jobs for March
- 3.Grow your own jobs for April
- 4.Grow your own jobs for May
- 5.Grow your own jobs for June
- 6.Grow your own jobs for July
- 7.Grow your own jobs for August
- 8.Grow your own jobs for September
- 9.Grow your own jobs for October
- 10.Grow your own jobs for November and December

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