November Gardening

As the late English cartoonist Norman Thelwell points out, “Neglect of the garden now will mean hard work next season – so keep at it.” As usual, Environment Canada’s David Phillips has predictions along with thoughts for what the weather will inflict upon us this month as we strain to complete the necessary chores. He is calling for wetter conditions than normal in Eastern Canada. But he guarantees we won’t have a winter like last year, when it was four degrees warmer than usual. That was an El Niño winter. It was the warmest, mildest and driest winter on record in 63 years.