November

Sow in the ground
Broad beans – if you live in the South. Choose the right variety such as Aquadulce Claudia or Sutton; planted now, they are usually less plagued by blackfly than those sown in the spring and you should be eating them in the early summer
Peas – Feltham First and Metor are two of the varieties of hardy peas which can be sown during October and November
Lettuce – winter variety; may need cloche protection
Corn salad

Plant
Rhubarb – buy sets and plant 3 feet apart.

Harvest
Parsnips – this can be done when the foliage begins to die down. It is said they taste better after they’ve been exposed to frost
Spinach

Jobs
Cut back leaves on strawberries
Get beds ready for spring sowing by adding lots of well-rotted manure or compost
Prune fruit trees and bushes
Cut raspberry canes down to the ground