November, As A Key Month In The Autumn And Winter Transition, Offers A Wonderful Harvest Of Hardy Root Vegetables, Brassicas & Stored Orchard Fruits In The UK. Here is a concise list of the most prominent seasonal crops .. plus a few more unusual ones: Root VegetablesBeetroot, Carrots (available year-round, but British varieties are prime), Celeriac, Jerusalem Artichokes, Parsnips (flavour often improves after the first frost), Potatoes (maincrop/stored varieties), Swede, Turnips, Apios americana (groundnut – a hardy perennial tuber producing small, nutty-flavoured roots that can be harvested through autumn and early winter), Oca (New Zealand yam, often lifted in late November if frosts are mild), Skirret (sweet, slender roots that thrive into winter), Salsify and Scorzonera (known as “vegetable oysters”, lifted in late autumn for a delicate flavour) Brassicas and Leafy GreensBrussels Sprouts (start of peak season), Cabbage (especially Savoy and Red Cabbage), Cauliflower, Kale, Leeks, Swiss Chard, Winter Salad Leaves (often grown under cover), Sea Kale (blanched shoots from perennial crowns starting to be forced later in winter), Perennial Kales (such as Taunton Deane and Daubenton’s Kale, producing well into the colder months) Squash and Related ProducePumpkin (nearing the end of the harvest season), Winter Squash (e.g.…
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