Gus Alder
Railway-poster illustration of Gus at a field gate in a drystone wall, with Whisky the collie at his feet, the stone cottage and polytunnel on the moor behind

Growing up north

Practical gardening on the edge of the North York Moors

What to plant in November

Gus is checking this month’s list. The full month is coming up.

The whole of November
  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

Up here we sow about a week later for every hundred metres you climb.

The plant directory

Two or three new plants a week

General advice

Frost, storing, small spaces

Gus’s journal

Weekly from High Intake

Poster illustration of Gus by the wood stove with a mug of tea, Whisky looking up at him

Gus’s journal

A week at High Intake, written down on a Sunday night: what got done, what didn’t, and what Whisky thought of it.

More from Gus’s journal

Free sowing chart

Dates that are right for up here

Gus’s High Intake Sowing Chart

Free: two pages of sowing and planting dates that are already right for up north, plus a short note from Gus most months.