Cleaning Garden Tools Before Winter
An hour in late autumn decides whether your pruners and spade come out of the shed sharp or rusted. The order that works - scrub, dry, disinfect, sharpen, oil, store - with the angles, the products that are worth using, and the mistakes that shorten a tool's life.
Making Leaf Mold From Fallen Leaves
Leaf mold is what autumn leaves become after about two years of slow breakdown: a free, crumbly soil conditioner and mulch. How to collect and store leaves, which ones need shredding, how to speed it up and how to use the result, following the RHS.
How to Divide Perennials
The short answer: divide a perennial when it shows it needs it, in spring or autumn while it is not flowering, and replant the pieces straight away. The timing, the technique and the plants that are best left alone, following the RHS and university extension advice.