November harvest
Harvest and Store
November 21, 2009
Summer seems really far in November, but some plants give us limited harvests, and many others are ready just now.
 Summer and autumn taste can be mixed, like in this fresh salad with Primo Sweet pepper, Winter Black radish, lettuce and arugula.
 Plants sowed in spring and perennial plants
Better do not harvest: sage, chives, winter savory, oreganon, parsley, tarragon, mint.
Marjoram, chives garlic (nira) and balm should be entered in the winter dormancy period too, but mine are still green and rich of new leaves, so I'm still harvesting them.
 Chilies can be harvested all autumn long if the weather is good.
Remember to save chili seeds from ripe pods, like the Pink Chupetinha in the picture.
 You will find many nettle plants in your garden and pots. Remove it when it's too near to delicate plants, or just harvest the tops (using gloves) and let it be.
The tender nettle tops can be added to omelette, risotto, or used like spinach.
Nettle recipes.
Celery is producing tender stalks too, that can be eaten raw. External stalks can be harvested and cooked.
 Cardoons are ready to be harvested. The central part should be cooked in boiling water, then used in many delicate dishes.
Details: Harvest and cook the giant cardoon
 Plants sowed in autumn
I sowed dill in September and finally it's ready to be harvested: I really love it and I missed its aromatic leaves.
Dill plants sowed in autumn can be harvested all winter long.
 September chervil is producing many fresh and tender leaves. Add a bunch of chervil to sauces, salads, sandwiches.
Chervil recipes.
 After 60 days, radishes are ready to be harvested.
You can already sow new radishes, just choose winter varieties like the Winter Black in the picture.
I'm harvesting also lettuce, pak choi, bok choi and black mustard leaves from autumn plants. I use often lettuce and pak choi in my baby's food, and I'm happy to cook something healthy for him.
Rocket is still surprising me with many tender leaves.
 Herbal teas, aromatic herbs, medicinal plants
In November you can also continue to harvest many roots and berries (be careful, many of these are for medicinal uses only):
- Bay berries
- Gentian root
- Lovage root
- Hop stems
- Cowslip roots
- Dog Rose hips
- Dandelion roots
Seasonal cooking
Seasonal herbs and spices: Burnet, chives garlic, cilantro, cress, dill, licorice, mint, nettle, parsley.
Seasonal Vegetables: Artichokes, beans, beetroots, broccolis, cabbage, cardoons, carrots, cauliflower, celery, celery knob, chards, chicory, endive, fennel, jerusalem artichoke, leek, lettuce, onions, pumpkin, radicchio, savoy, spinach, sprout, Swiss chard, turnips, turnip-tops.
Seasonal Fruits: Alkekengis, ananas, apples, avocado, bananas, carobs, chestnuts, citrons, clementines, grapefruits, hazelnuts, kiwi, kumquats, lemons, oranges, persimmons, pomegranates, prickly pear, quinces, tangerines.
 Read also:
November gardening tips
Aromatic herbs in November
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