Recommended tasks and hints for November

Rake up fallen leaves and pile them up to make valuable leaf mould - takes about 12 - 18 months

(You can make a simple cage with 4 chestnut stakes and chicken wire) 

Plant tulip and lily bulbs

Sow broad beans 

Plant new rhubarb or you can lift and divide your own

Tidy ponds and remove pumps for the winter

Divide overgrown perennials

Sow sweet peas for next year

Lift and divide crocosmias

Remove yellow leaves from brussels sprouts and compost them