June 2018

 

 

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This diary is a summary of our garden activities. The links are to blog posts that often give more detail.

1 - 3 June

 

Visited Kenilworth Castle

Visited Severn Valley Steam railway

Water allotment lots

Roses are lovely

Removed excess canes from tayberry

Planted Crown Prince squash

Still waiting for rain

Short and sweet

4 - 10 June

 

Roses are lovely

All runner and climbing French beans are planted

Planted green courgettes.

Planted the rest of the squash

Planted cauliflower, green and red cabbage and calabrese

Planted spare tomatoes outdoors

Planted sweetcorn

Thinned out parsnips.

Picked more strawberries including alpines

Plot activity - an update

Plenty of exercise

Mainly flowers including video

Extra mini tomatoes

 

11 - 17 June

 

 

Visited Harlow Carr

Visited Brodsworth Hall and Gardens

Planted remaining brassicas

Planted leeks and they were battered flat by gales

Planted half hardy annuals

New lavender and strawberry plants arrived

Planted strawberries in planting bags

Picked first calabrese

It actually rained quite hard for a minute or two

Still lots of watering

What else can the weather throw at us?

A last word on storm Hector

Wow rained off!

First veggie harvest

 

 

18 - 24 June

 

 

Visited Kirkham Priory, Rievaulx Abbey and Helmsley Castle

Picked apricots

Netted blueberries

Cut first cabbage

Getting beyond a joke

Swan and cygnets

All creatures small and some not so great

The drought goes on

 

25 - 30 June

 

 

Visited Beningborough Hall and Gardens

Picked frst cherries from the garden

Picked first blueberries, jostaberries, tayberries, purple raspberries and black raspberries

Picked and froze all calabreses as it was starting to flower.

Picked frst cauliflower

Picked first Mini Munch cucumber

Started comfrey feed

Set up and planted gfrowing bags in cold frame with lettuce and radishes.

Picking sweet peas and dahias

Swan and cygnets

Things are becoming tricky

Hottest June ever?

Hottest day of the year

Hottest and driest

Casablanca - potato sacks - video

Digging the drought - video

 

 

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