IF THE weather stays mild for this month (five degrees centigrade and above), your lawn will actually continue to grow.
So make sure you give it a trim, but when frosty keep off the lawn as this will damage the grass.
By all means continue your harvesting – leeks, parsnips, winter cabbage and some of those famous Christmas sprouts! Rhubarb can also now be forced ready for those delicious sweet pink stems in spring.
In the ornamental garden it is time to prune acer (maples) and betula (birch) before Christmas to ensure they do not bleed sap from their stems when they are cut, however avoid pruning evergreen and tender shrubs until the spring.
Many houseplants are bought at this time of year as presents. Poinsettias must be kept in a warm light room away from draughts. Cut down watering on most indoor plants – apart from azaleas as they like watering and a cool room.
And remember, if your Christmas cacti is not getting flower buds it may be getting too much artificial light after dark.
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