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July 2018
Details of what was sown/planted in July
Archive for previous years' diaries dating from 2007 can be accessed by
This diary is a summary of our garden activities. The links are to blog posts that often give more detail.
1 July - 8 July
Picking lots of berries and sweet peas.
Courgettes are starting to produce
Lots of cabbages ready and picking cauliflowers and some calabrese
Pulling peas
Picking Malwina strawberries
Visited Biddulph Manor and Gardens
Picked all Stella cherries and apricots
Lots of pollem beetles
Planted up patio tubs
Lavender flowering - butterflies and bees loving it
Garden greenhouse at the end of June - with video
What to do first water or pick?
DT Brown Early Brassica Collection Update - video
9 July - 15 July
Still lots of watering
Picking lots of berries
Picked first blackberries and blackcurrants
Blackcurrants and some blueberries very small
Picked first mangetout
First lot of peas coming to an end
Day out at Bempton Cliffs
Made Waspinators.
Are your runner beans setting?
Making waspinators (video)
Just a few shots of gannets and puffins taken at Nempton Cliffs
16 July - 22 July
Buddleias are flowering and butterflies and bees are browsing
Dug first lot of Casablanca potatoes
Picked gooseberries
Visited Thirsk Falconery Centre
Visited Foxwood gala
Cleared first cauliflowers and cabbages
Pulled first carrots
Picked first climbing French beans and started pulling second sowing of peas
Made more piccalilli
Proof that watering has been worth it
Drought hit Casablana potatoes
Flowers on the allotment in July - video
23 July - 31 July
Still watering at the during the week
It actually rained at the weekend
Second lot of peas finished
Picked first Sungold tomatoes
Sweetcorn has tassels and silks
Dug more Casablanca potatoes
Starting pulling onions to use
Cut back basil and froze the clippings
Nectarine has scale insects
Flowers on the plot includes video
Automatic watering system takes over
More cabbages and cauliflowers - video