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This video explains which vegetables grow well in the cooler part of the year and how to keep your garden productive as temperatures drop. I share reliable crops, simple sowing ideas, and tips to help plants establish and survive colder conditions.
A helpful guide for UK gardeners wanting continued harvests, better planning, and a productive garden through the colder growing seasons.
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What vegetables to grow in November.
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben. And in
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today's video, we're going to tell you
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what vegetables you can get planted in
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November. Yes, it may be a few days into
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November, but there's still lots of
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stuff that you can be planting ready for
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harvesting next year. So, if you want to
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stay gardening throughout the winter
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period, these are the perfect vegetables
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to be growing down at the a lotment or
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in the garden. If you've got a garden
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that you can grow these in. So, first up
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are broad beans. These need to be a
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winter variety of broad bean if you're
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growing them. And the variety that I've
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gone for is Aquadul Claudia. Now, that
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is a great variety to grow through the
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winter period. I've got some growing in
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my garden at the moment. I've planted
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them straight into the ground. The thing
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is, if you plant them straight into the
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ground, make sure you protect them from
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the birds as the there's not much
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vegetation around at the moment, so the
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birds will like to eat them and pet them
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off. And also, rats and mice will sniff
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them out and take the seed. So, make
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sure you keep them protected and keep
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them growing. Mine are growing
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fantastic. I've got them netted over and
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yeah, they're growing absolutely
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amazing. Fingers crossed they'll be
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ready for next year. And the thing is
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about growing them at this time of year
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is that they will be ready to harvest
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before the blackfly appear. Obviously,
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you can start them off in March, April
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time, but when you're harvesting them
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around June, July time, they are prone
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to blackfly. So, growing them now will
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get them ready before the blackfly
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appear.
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Next up is onions. Now, if you're
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growing onions, make sure they're a
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winter variety. They're probably the
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only variety that you can buy at this
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time of year. But have a look online or
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in garden centers, and usually they'll
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sell bags of sets of onions ready for
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you to plant straight in the ground.
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Again, like the broad beans, make sure
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you keep them netted as birds do love to
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pull the stalks out and pull them out
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and then you end up shoving them back in
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again. So, yeah, keep them netted and
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keep them protected until they get
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growing.
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Next up is garlic. Now, a great winter
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classic to get growing at this time of
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year. The reason why we grow garlic at
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this time of year is because it needs
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the cold weather to split the clove to
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create the garlic itself and to form the
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cloves which form the full bulb. So,
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have a look around again in garden
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centers or online and you can get
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growing some garlic now. And also have a
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try at growing elephant garlic as well
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because that'll grow you massive bulbs
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and you can use it in plenty of your
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cooking and they'll usually be ready
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around June time. You usually harvest
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garlic on the longest day which is in
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June.
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Next up is to start early peas in pots
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undercover. Now, if you're wanting an
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early harvest of peas, you can start
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them off indoors in your poly tunnel or
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greenhouse. Plant them out and get them
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growing throughout the winter period.
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Again, you need a strong hardy variety.
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So, have a look around and make sure you
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get the correct variety for growing your
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peas throughout the winter and they will
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probably be one of the first things to
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harvest next year.
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If you've got a poly tunnel or a
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greenhouse, a great thing to grow is
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spinach and winter lettuce. Now, poly
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tunnels and green houses do stay
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a bit warm. Not brilliantly warm, but
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they do stay warm. If you've got
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heaters, fantastic. You can have your
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heisters on. But one way of keeping the
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poly tunnels warm if you've not got a
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heater is have a water butt inside.
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Having a water butt inside when the
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sun's out in the daytime, the water will
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absorb the heat and it will let it out
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at night, keeping the poly tunnel a bit
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warmer and a bit more better for growing
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stuff in. And yeah, have a go at growing
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it and see how you get on. If you're
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wanting to grow stuff all through
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winter, they are perfect things to grow.
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Next up is spring onions. Another great
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thing for growing, obviously get the
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word from spring. If you sew them now,
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you'll be harvesting them in springtime.
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And yeah, you can grow those outdoors
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throughout the winter period. Hardy
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variety of vegetable and see how you get
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on.
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Another thing you can grow through the
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winter period, but you need to have
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planted these by now is kale and
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cabbage, but protect them from the
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pests, protect them from the pigeons.
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Pigeons do love them. And yeah, kale's a
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great thing to grow through the winter.
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It's a hardy veg to grow and you can be
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harvesting it all the way up to
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Christmas. And finally, make sure you
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prepare your beds ready for next year by
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adding a lay of compost, digging them
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over, getting rid of all those weeds,
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and getting them all prepared for the
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next growing season next year. Winter
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doesn't stop at the aotment. It's a time
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for preparing and getting all the plot
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ready and getting it all in shape so
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that you're not rushing at the last
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minute once you start sewing all those
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seeds. That takes up all your time
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sewing them, potting them up, keeping
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them watered. So, get all the hard jobs
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done now ready for next year. I hope
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you've enjoyed this. If you know anybody
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that grows veg or interested in growing
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veg, make sure you share it to them.
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Until next time everyone, remember, keep
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smiling, keep shining, and keep
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gardening with Ben everyone.
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