Garden and outdoor
A short outdoor bench: herbs, a shade perennial, lavender, and trees that can live in a pot. We don't pretend December is tomato season.
Photos are illustrative, not our stock.
What to plant, or rather, what to do
Pick a month. Indoor jobs and outdoor timing, written for a UK year, not a catalogue that ships basil in a blizzard.
October
Indoors. Ease off watering and stop feeding most houseplants. Growth is slowing even if the heating has just come on.
Outside. Tender plants come in. A wet, cold pot kills more olives than a light frost does. Lift saucers so they can't freeze solid.
