- Plant trees, shrubs and hedges from now until March, remembering to water them in well if the soil is dry.

- Dig up and split any overgrown or large clumps of herbaceous perennials.

Replant smaller pieces after adding garden compost or rotted manure to the soil.

Give away any spare bits to friends.

- Prune rambling roses by cutting some of the growths that have flowered this year down to ground level.

Tie in new growths as near to horizontal as possible to encourage production of flowering side-shoots.