July 2020
This diary is a summary of our garden activities. The links are to blog posts that often give more detail.
01 - 12 July
Lots of rain and wind
Cardoon battered
Harvested cauliflowers
Planted Kalibro cabbage, kohlrabi and leeks
Planted more lettuce
Planted leftover sweet peas
Sowed beetroot, swede, Rhubarb chard, various spinach and some annual flowers
Sowed leftover peas and dwarf French bean seeds
We’ve been berry busy
Picking berries in the rain
Coldest start to July
What’s happened to summer?
Weather’s grim – very grim
Inspecting for damage after the gales – video
How many varieties of peas can you grow – video
13 - 19 July
Dug Pentland Javelin potatoes from trial bed
Cut first bunch of dahlias
Planted bed of late cabbages and cauliflowers
Picked first blackcurrants
Pulled first crate grown carrots
potted on outdoor cucumbers
Thinned beetroot seedlings in the crate
A taste of summer but …
First early potato reveal – video
Rooting about
20 - 26 July
Planted cucumbers in pots in the garden
Thinned beetroot in the crate
Courgettes starting to produce
Cleared first lot of peas
Picked first Oullins Gage plums
Picked first blackberries
Lifted autumn planted onions
The cycle of allotment life
Still waiting for summer to start
July plot tour part one – video
27 - 31 July
Turned over empty beds ready for replanting
General weeding and tidying
Covered beetroot seedlings being attacked by birds
Martyn re-edged small pebble bed
Had gales and also last day temperature +30C so not a lot of gardening done
Battered by gales again this month
Hot, wet and windy – give us a break
Plot tour – part two – video