10 - 16 June

June 2019

 

 

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June harvesting schedule

Details of our June harvest

 

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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 - 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

Rained off - brilliant

Dry spell over

The rain came

 

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

Flaming June

Adjusting for the rain

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

All change

Another cold morning

It's actually stopped raining

Planting out before the rain

Harvesting garlic - video

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

Out of the frying pan

Finally some warmth

One day heatwave

Harvesting in the rain - video

Just time for a little harvesting - video

Poor weather for June

Harvesting cauliflowers, strawberries and onions - video

Digging early Casablanca and Rocket potatoes - video

 

 

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