10 - 16 June
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June 2019
Details of what was sown/planted in June
Archive for previous years' diaries dating from 2007 can be accessed by clicking here
This diary is a summary of our garden activities. The links are to blog posts that often give more detail.
1 - 9 June
Rained for much of the week
Covered coldframe with enviromesh
Planted runner and climbing French beans
Planted squash and one lot of sweet corn
Put pea sticks in first lot of peas.
Picked strawberries
10 - 16 June
Rained a lot and got wet a lot
Planted more brassicas
Planted second lot of sweetcorn
harvested first potato tub
Sowed parsnips and swedes in tubs
Sowed parsnips in gaps from previous sowing
Planted outdoor tomatoes
Harvested first calabrese
trimmed plot grapevine
Feels like it should be a record
Recycling bin potato reveal - video
Checking plot after wet weekend - video
17 - 23 June
Planted up garden tubs
Planted more brassicas
Harvested last potato crate and sowed with beetroot
Planted annuals in garden and on the allotment
Lots of ladybird larvae
Harvested Casablanca garlic
Erected framework for blueberry protection
Visit to Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Protected cherries with fleece
A wander round our allotment - video
24- 30 June
Netted blueberries
Picked first jostaberries and Glencoe raspberries
Harvested cauliflower and froze some
Harvested some Regency cabbages
Removed runners from strawberries
Finished covering and mulching old strawberry bed
Generally tidied up on the allotment and in the garden
Harvested one root of Casablanca and one toot of Rocket potatoes
Cut back grapevines on plot and in garden greenhouse again
Tomatoes in the plot greenhouse have been affected by weedkiller damage from contaminated growbags
Harvesting in the rain - video
Just time for a little harvesting - video
Harvesting cauliflowers, strawberries and onions - video
Digging early Casablanca and Rocket potatoes - video