Garden guide: November - Cool Region

HELLO SPRING

Your Gardening Guide for November

COOL REGION

HELLO SPRING

Your Gardening Guide for November

COOL REGION

Welcome to November!

Traditionally the busiest month of the year in the garden, the spring garden is in its prime. There’s still lots of work to be done to prepare your garden now for a long hot summer ahead.

November Jobs

#1 Mulch

Mulch vegetable garden with straw based mulch: suppress weeds, trap moisture and draw worms to the surface. Read our article to understand different types of mulch.

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#2 Tomatoes

Plant tomatoes and stake them at time of planting.
Read our article on growing tomatoes

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#3 Garlic

Harvest garlic and dry it out in the sun for a couple of days, plait together and store.

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#4 Roses

Spring flush continues. Deadhead and enjoy your roses.

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November Essentials

It's time to get planting your last remaining crops in preparation for your summer harvest. We look at the benefits of living mulch and we get our hands dirty with some strawberries!

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Diggers top pest tips

Earwigs

Earwigs are prevalent at this time of year. Screwed up newspaper will attract them or using a takeaway container with lid on with a layer of tuna oil is a great earwig trap, empty out in the morning.

Read our article to learn more about controlling earwigs.

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Codling moth

Monitor for aphids, thrips, azalea lace bug and to prevent codling moth (attacks apples & pears), hang a codling moth trap.

Read our article to learn how to control and treat codling months.

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Diggers recommends

Organic Tree Guard Stops Codling Moth

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Insect Trap For Fruit Tree Pests

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Diggers top garden idea

Planting

Plant some beneficial attracting plants to keep aphids, whitefly and other pests under control like alyssum, marigold, phacelia, daisies and flowers of parsley, dill and parsnip.

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