What to do in the garden in November
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Zone 1
❄️ Zone 1 · Min −51 °C · Northern Alaska, Yakutsk, Siberian far north. Almost no outdoor growing season.
- 📖 Review season results; note what to change
- 📦 Begin seed catalog review; list needs for next year
- 🔧 Order replacement grow light bulbs
- 📖 Study new permaculture techniques for short seasons
Zone 2
🥶 Zone 2 · Min −45 °C · Interior Alaska, Northern Canada, Norilsk.
- 📖 Review season; plan improvements
- 📦 Begin seed catalog review
- 🔧 Final equipment maintenance
- 📖 Study new varieties for short seasons
Zone 3
🌨 Zone 3 · Min −40 °C · Winnipeg, Northern Minnesota, Surgut. Very short season (90–120 days).
- 📖 Review season results; note what worked
- 📦 Begin seed catalog review; list next year's needs
- 🔧 Final tool maintenance and storage
- 💡 Check grow light setup for February
Zone 4
🌧 Zone 4 · Min −34 °C · Minneapolis, Calgary, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg. Season ≈ 140 days.
- 📖 Review season; note variety performance
- 📦 Start catalog review; list seeds to order
- 🔧 Final equipment check and storage
- 💡 Set up grow light area for January starts
Zone 5
🌥 Zone 5 · Min −29 °C · Chicago, Montreal, Moscow, Helsinki. Season ≈ 160 days.
- 📖 Review season; document what worked
- 📦 Start seed catalog review; list needs
- 🔧 Final tool maintenance and storage
- 🌿 Spread compost on empty beds before freeze
Zone 6
⛅ Zone 6 · Min −23 °C · Denver, Toronto, Warsaw, Oslo, Kyiv. Season ≈ 180 days.
- 📖 Review season; plan next year
- 📦 Order seeds and supplies
- 🌿 Spread compost on all beds
- 🔧 Final equipment maintenance
Zone 7
🌤 Zone 7 · Min −18 °C · New York, Berlin, Strasbourg, Grenoble, Seoul. Long season ≈ 200 days.
- 🥬 Harvest cool-season crops; plant more greens
- 🧄 Last chance to plant garlic
- 🔧 Clean tools; put main beds to rest
- 📖 Review season; order seeds
Zone 8
☀️ Zone 8 · Min −12 °C · Seattle, Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Lille, Amsterdam. Near year-round growing.
- 🥬 Harvest fall crops; plant winter greens
- 🧄 Plant garlic if not done in October
- 🌾 Sow winter cover crops in empty beds
- 📖 Review season; order seeds
Zone 9
🌞 Zone 9 · Min −7 °C · London, Bordeaux, Marseille, Nantes, Rome, Madrid. Year-round outdoor growing.
- 🥬 Harvest fall crops; plant winter garden
- 🥬 Sow cool-season crops: lettuce, spinach, kale
- 🧄 Plant garlic and spring bulbs
- 📖 Review season; plan next year
Zone 10
🌴 Zone 10 · Min −1 °C · Nice, Lisbon, Athens, Southern California, Southern Florida. Subtropical.
- 🥬 Excellent growing conditions — harvest and plant
- 🌱 Start tomatoes for January transplant
- 🧄 Final garlic planting window
- 📖 Review season; plan next year layout
Zone 11
🌺 Zone 11 · Min +4 °C · Hawaii, Hong Kong, tropical coasts. True tropics, frost-free year-round.
- 🌿 Plant winter annuals between perennials
- 🏆 Harvest perennial crops continuously
- 🌱 Sow fast crops for December harvest
- 📖 Review food forest design; plan new layers
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