Your Garden In November - By Judy Fenyvesi - 3rd November

Hello again and welcome to my weekly garden designing blog; my new blogs appearing here every Friday. If you’re one of our new readers then a special welcome to you and hopefully you’ll become one of our regulars.

As it’s the start of a new month let’s take our monthly look at what we could be doing on our gardens.

With November already here, tulip bulbs can be planted in any sunny sheltered locations in your garden or into containers. Also around now you can already be planting spring flowering plants for filling any spaces you may have between shrubs and where you want to fill with colour.

As we’re now in the season of rather colder whether don’t forget to protect any tender shrubs you may have in outdoor tubs. One way you can do this is by lightly packing straw around the foliage and hold the straw in place with some cane or string.

Also around this time of the year you can be planting out your daffodils and narcissus bulbs in your lawns. While on the subject of lawns, now that the mowing season is more or less over, don’t forget to clean your lawn mower for the winter. Check or oil any parts before you stow your mower away for the winter.

I always look forward to vegetables available around this time of the year, and now is a good time to pick Brussel sprouts as soon as you notice that the buttons are firm, however leave any others to mature.

While out in the vegetable garden, you can lift and store horseradish, parsnips and Jerusalem artichokes. While you’re harvesting vegetables you can also be sowing broad beans in a sheltered location if you want an early crop.

From vegetables let’s now turn to fruits. If you are considering planting apple or pear trees make sure that the soil isn’t too wet or cold. Also newly planted apple trees could be pruned back around now.

Remember that all side shoots can be cut by half and very young plants should be cut back to about 50cm above ground level. If you have established apple trees then you can prune them from now until late winter but do take care if climbing up trees with sharp tools. If in doubt call an expert.

Well, that’s about it for this week.

Until my next blog, have a good week, have a safe fireworks night and don’t forget that you can visit my website at
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