Slugs and Salal - October tasks

With the first frosts, lift tuberous begonias, dahlias and gladioli for winter storage. Bring hanging basket fuchsias into shelter from frost.
DIG AND DIVIDE congested or unproductive clumps of rhubarb. In the first two weeks, you still have time to dig/divide or RELOCATE PEONIES.
CUT BACK raspberry and rose canes that have grown overlong before they can be whipped about and damaged in winter winds.
PLANT trees and shrubs, bush and cane fruits, hedges and spring flowerbulbs, garlic and shallots this month.
Locate POINSETTIAS in a room where no lights are turned on between dusk and dawn. Or cover each plant with a light-tight box for 14 hours each night. Continue the long night treatment until the top bracts have begun to color in December.
Rest CHRISTMAS CACTUS plants in a cool, bright room. Water only enough to keep the plants from shrivelling. With flowerbud formation, resume normal watering.
Continue mowing lawns as long as the grass is growing. Keep lawns raked clean of leaves and debris.
Clean out annual flower beds and plots of spent vegetable plants. SEED the emptied areas with FALL RYE.
Dig and TRANSPLANT young trees and shrubs that need relocating.