To-Do List for November

Zone 7

• Cover lettuce, chard, spinach, sorrel, chives, and parsley with floating row covers, before the first hard freeze.
• Continue to plant trees and shrubs.
• Set out new strawberries or move rooted runners early this month.
• Sow poppy seeds now for flowers next May.
• Gather leaves to add to the compost pile or to shred and use as winter mulch.
• Pot up a clump of mint, let it freeze one time, then bring it indoors for snipping throughout the winter.
• Feed leeks, then hill up soil around them to begin the blanching process.