But according to the folks at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries November is an ideal time to do some planting.

There is a wide assortment of vegetables and flowers that can be planted this month, sure to please the taste buds and the discerning eye of the most zealous gardener.

Here are a list of the plants that can be added to your garden during the month of November: Vegetables: Artichokes, beets, broccoli, Brussel sprouts, runner beans, string beans, snap beans, broad beans, Chinese cabbage, Cavoy cabbage, red cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, chard, chicory, chives, collards, cucumbers, dasheen, eddoe, endive, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, mustard greens, onions, parsley, peas, potatoes, radish, rutabaga salsify, scorzonera, shallots, strawberries, thyme, upland cress, and watercress.

Flowers: Ageratum, aster, aubrieta, begonia, bells of Ireland, candy tuft, carnation, centaurea, chrysanthemum, cineraria, dahlia, dianthus, geranium, gerbera, impatiens, larkspur, lathyrus, nasturtium, nicotiana, pansy, petunia, phlox, rudbeckia, salipiglossis, salvia, statice, snapdragon, snow on the mountain, spider flower/cleome, star-of-the-veldt, sweet William, verbena and viola.