JOBS TO DO THIS WEEK

1. Give the greenhouse a winter tuneup. Check and clean panes, seals and gutters, and add insulation. Make sure you can still ventilate on mild days. Raise tender plants off the floor, add a min-max thermometer and set a small frost-stat heater.

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2. Cover your compost heaps so winter rain doesn't waterlog the mix and chill the microbes. Aerate lightly and use a lid, tarp or a weighted sheet of cardboard on open heaps, insulating the sides with bags of dry leaves or straw.