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November Jobs Calendar

 

   

Vegetable Beds

  • Finish digging?
  • Mulch beds with horse manure (not carrot and parsnip)
  • Earth up Spring Cabbage - firm soil around plants
  • Sow hardy broad beans if you want a really early crop
  • Put tender herbs into pots and bring inside (eg French Tarragon)
  • Add lime, if necessary, to pea and bean beds, OR brassica beds (whichever is furthest from potatoes in your rotation plan

Fruit

  • Prune currant and gooseberry bushes - easier to see what you are doing after the leaves have fallen
  • Take cuttings of currants and gooseberries
  • Plant any new bushes and canes

What's in Season?

  • Green Broccoli - Romanesco
  • Brussels Sprouts
  • Cabbage - Winter and Savoy
  • Carrots
  • Kale
  • Leek
  • Parsnip
  • Spring Onions
  • Winter Radish
  • Salsify and Scorzonera
  • Swiss Chard
  • Swede
  • Turnips - main crop