I ’m having some problem believing we ’re in November already .
There ’s not much to do out of doors now , but it ’s a good time to protect plant life against the wet and frigid to come – and start pose saltation quick .
What To Do With Veggies In November
Pumpkins
It ’s sentence to harvest . Gourds wo n’t get any giving now , they ’ll just rot in the wet so cut and convey them in if you have n’t already turned them into Jack O ’ lantern for Halloween .
Parsnips
If you planted parsnip over summer , expect until the first frost before uprise . The inhuman weather condition affects their sugar and creates a sweeter flavour . If you did n’t plant any , buy some germ and have a go next spring . Home grownparsnipstaste Godhead .
What To Do With Trees In November
Pruning
It ’s time to rationalise apple and pear tree .
dispatch any crossed or dead branches and prove to create an open vase shape . Walk around the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and go steady , do n’t remove lot from one side as you ’ll have to even it out and finish up with a lollipop !
My pear tree has ultimately shake off its craw . Here are the final Pyrus communis of 2021 . This miscellanea is Conference – and very tasty they are too !
What to Do With Flowers inNovember
It ’s time to wrap up your delicatepassionflowers , tree fern , and tropicals .
Bubble wrapping helps keep out enough frigidity to give these plants a chance of survival . Horticultural fleece form too , but I find it tears easily .
Keep on lifting your tubers too . Gladioli , begoniaanddahliasbenefit from dry repositing .
Bury Lots of Bulbs
Tulips traditionally go into the ground this month so they protrude up after the daffs and crocus .
My favourites are white tulip . They fit beautifully with early inflorescence racy forget - me - nots and livid - blue reave hyacinth .
Hyacinthare not voguish now . It ’s a disgrace because their other yr fragrance is second to none . Go on , bug out a few in the ground now . You wo n’t regret it .
Force some indoor bulbs
If there ’s not much going on outside try forcing some indoor bulbs for a shot of semblance , amaryllisand paperwhite narcissi are great choice to lighten your home .
‘ Forcing ’ sounds complicated , but it ’s really just growing a electric light in your home instead of the garden to take reward of the central heating !
bribe your preferent bulb and a small container . Amaryllis bulbs should be force into compost with 1/3 left poking out . water supply well and wait for green growth before water again . It ’s the same process for narcissus bulbs .
Some citizenry recommend invest the bottom half of a incandescent lamp in water to force its roots , but I ’ve never managed it that way before rot sets in . Give it a go – see what works well for you .
What to Plant inNovember
Missing that summertime time colour ?
There are some efflorescence plant that you’re able to plant out now even though it ’s November .
I ’d recommend bright and pollyannaish nerines . If you buy a pot full now , this time next year you ’ll be able-bodied to lift and divide them . They are such great value plants .
You could also plant Hesperantha from South Africa that are sometimes still flowering on Christmas Day and alstroemerias . Alstroemeriaflower until the Frost get in when they should be deal up with a thick level of mulch .
Bare Root
you could still take advantage of bare root time of year .
This money - saving mode to buy is the only agency to get new hedging , yield Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Dubyuh . The more you say the more you spare , so team up up with a friend and maximize your savings .
Perennials
Plant out perennials if it ’s not rimed – you might receive some steal in the end of season plant sales .
Peoniesfor example or hardygeraniumswill take if the ground is soft . They ’ll bed down over winter and come on strong again in bound .
Fuchsias
My fuchsias are in full bloom and audacious geranium Rozanne has been flowering since May . It ’s one of the hardest working perennial you’re able to purchase and get ahead the RHS ‘ Plant of the Centenary ’ at Chelsea Flower Show in 2013 .
Rozanne
Broad beans seeds
My grandad always put his in on Armistice Day ( 11/11 ) so I do the same and throw some wild poppy seeds around too .
Beans will attain a few inch in the winter month and put on a immense spurt of maturation when it warms up . Fresh beans in May ! brood your baby noggin to protect them from pigeons . You ca n’t beat balmy fresh broad beans . Even my ten - year - older will eat them .
Do you have any rhubarb?
If not , get a crown . Rhubarbdoes best planted out in late fall .
You ’ll only get a top now – there wo n’t be any leaves . Prepare a bed satisfy with scads of manure because rhubarb do it rich filth .
Bury the diadem with its top showing to forestall rot and wait until early spring for fresh stalks .
In January you could pop a pail over the top and force some yummy former stems .
Currants and Raspberries
Currant George Bush and raspberry canes can go in now too . I loveraspberries ! My favourite is Autumn Bliss .
I also have black currant and whitened currant bushes that ply me with plenty of currant to top up food grain and ice rink - emollient . I ’d recommend grab a few simple root word specimens now .
How to Tend to Your Lawn And Hedges inNovember
oxygenize the lawn if it ’s not too muddy . modest lawns can be aerated withgarden forkpushed in at veritable intervals , but big spaces demand anaeratoror it use up hours and you ’ll fall into boredom coma .
Rake foliage from the grass and either compost them or put them in a corner of the garden for wildlife to take reward of .
If you managed to get in that concluding snub , well done . I ’m afraid I did n’t so my forage will persist a bit too foresightful for the wintertime . C’est la vie !
you may stillclip back your evergreen plant hedgesif you ’ve not done so yet . Take advantage of dry Clarence Shepard Day Jr. to tidy up and get some crucial vitamin cholecalciferol on your skin .
How to Help Out WildlifeinNovember
Wildlife is feeling the cold now especially this year ’s babies and the oldie .
Hedgehogs are my favourites and November think lots of modest ones in the rescue sum .
Hedgehogs should really hole up for the wintertime because their food rootage dry up , but with our milder winters they do n’t always do so .
Some dormant hogs will wake for a few day in the warmer spells too . Specialists say hedgehogs necessitate to matter at least 600 g to get through a winter ’s hibernation but there are always smaller ones about at this time of yr .
If you ’re feeling generous ahedgehog housewill keep a hog safe and warm throughout wintertime . I have seven in my garden ( no , it ’s not a massive quad ) and four are currently occupied .
Here ’s a 100 - gram hoglet I picked up off the pavement recently . She had crack up and was overcharge through . After 6 hour on a hotness launchpad , she perked up and I took her to a wildlife centre where she ’s being look after for the wintertime .
November is a time when we complete put the garden to bed . It ’s squeamish to have a clean spruced up space , but those parting , twigs , branches and long eatage are everlasting bedding material for winter wildlife . Let ’s take butterflies and moths .
Butterfly Conservation say 2021 was the unfit summer for the big butterfly count in 12 years . That ’s partly due to our damp summer , but it ’s an overall trend .
Many species of butterfly hibernate and some butterfly stroke egg and cocoons sit around on leaves and skin all winter quick to hatch in the spring . These are destroyed when we chop and chip .
A relaxed approaching to winter gardening will hike up your pollinator number . In early November you could still see butterflies – look out for the Frosted Orange , Wall and Commas .
raspberry watchers will start to see an inflow of garden birds on feeders now . nuthatch have reappear for me along with robins , groovy and blue tits .
I have a sturdy feeder to preclude the squirrels eating everything . However , winter is gruelling for squirrels too .
So , I ’ve bought a squirrel feeder this year !
It only took 20 mo for the squirrel to figure out the lid . They are clever chaps ! Here ’s Balthasar waiting for his morning walnut .
How to Deal With Garden Pests inNovember
There are still snails about so keep an oculus on wintertime salad crops and greenery . The main veggie predators now are pigeon . It ’s worth web your greens , but do see for immobilise wildlife each morning .
It ’s always a good idea to trim back any leafy evergreen plant to encourage air circulation . clay sculpture and fungus can kill a plant life if it ’s left to fester .
Tending to Patios, Decks, and Garden Furniture inNovember
Brush away leaves and apply tart backbone to gap in stonework to prevent slippery country , and beware decking in frosty weather as it turns into an ice rink .
If you get a few juiceless daysoil the woodworkorpaint the shed . This will help keep decompose at bay .
If you have agreenhouseor cold frame it ’s a good prison term to wash it down .
clear shabu lets through more light which your plants will apprize . A heavy tip I ’ve seen recently are solar lights in the nursery . They light it up on disconsolate evenings if you do n’t have a power source .
If you have awater buttthat ’s gone wretched and smelly now is a good time to empty and scour it clean . If you have a pressure automatic washer , employ it ! if not then good one-time - fashioned sponge and plenty of rinsing will do the trick .
permit the autumn rain satiate it back up . Always lid your water rear end in example inquisitive computed tomography or squirrel jump up . They chance it too hard to get back out .
The Most Important Job inNovember?!
recollect , recall the hedgehogs in your bonfire
fifth November is balefire night and a meter for class fun . Enjoy your marshmallows and pyrotechnic displays , but check balefire mess for hedgehogs , toads , frogs and other animal that view a pile of limb and sprig as first - course accommodation .
These animals do n’t run , they tuck down closely and go for the terror will go away . I see lots of fire related injuries at this metre of twelvemonth and they rarely pull through .
Next prison term we meet it ’ll be December and we ’re on our way to 2022 . A new year of gardening awaits .
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