With autumn beginning at the end of the month it’s time to enjoy the rest of the summer and relax as much as you can. If you’ve spent the previous summer months relaxing then it’s time to get on with those garden jobs while the weather is still relatively good.

Tidy up your fading and dead plants, get rid of those weeds that keep creeping in and make your garden even more beautiful by treating your timber with some protective colour before the autumn rains come in. As my daughter starts school this month the colours come from the school uniform that she’ll be trotting off wearing to run riot in the school playground.