November - Jobs for this month.....
General
Dig, dig, dig ....... before the ground freezes
Collect leaves and store in a cage to make leafmould
Dig in manure and compost
Place your discounted seed and potato order for next year through the DAGA Seed scheme
Vegetables
Plant garlic and overwintering onion sets
Sow broad beans (early overwintering varieties) and hardy peas
Cover any late crops with cloches
Cover winter brassicas with netting
Start picking Brussels sprouts from the bottom upwards removing any yellow leaves as you go
Lift, divide and replant chives
Fruit
Plant rhubarb sets or split existing ones
Plant new, bare-rooted canes of raspberries, blackberries, hybrid berries and vines
November is the optimum time to plant cherry and plum trees (Nov - Jan) and apple and pear trees (Nov - Mar)
Prune gooseberries and currants
Start winter pruning apples and pears (once most of the leaves have fallen)
Apply grease bands to fruit trees
Mulch around the base of fruit trees and bushes