July 2022
This diary is a summary of our garden activities. The links are to blog posts that often give more detail.
01 - 10 July
Picked jostaberries. blueberries. strawberries, raspberries and a few gooseberries.
Cut first courgettes
Pulled first beetroot
Sweet Wiiliams coming to an end.
Picked first Kent Blue mangetout
Sowed more peas and dwarf French beans
Blackfly of second lot of broad beans
Buddleia flowering.
Battling on
We need rain not a heatwave
We need rain for the allotment not a heatwave – video
Our first small harvest of Kent Blue peas – video
Classic swan and cygnet – video
Picking jostaberries and raspberries – video
11 - 17 July
Still no rain and high temperatures so lots of watering.
Harvested first Casablanca potatoes from the plot and third crate from the garden
Harvested small cauliflowers
Harvested first peas
Harvested first courgettes
Still picked raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and jostaberries
Picked first gooseberries and blackberries
Harvested some beetroot
Grass on plot and in garden very dry and yellow
Still dry, dry, dry
Hottest day of the year
Latest July videos
18 - 24 July
Morning plot visits to water, harvest and avoid the heat
High temperatures reaching over 40 C / 104F
Nostell looking autumnal
Grass either yellow or totally dead
Picked and podded peas
Picked lots of courgettes,
Cut cauliflowers and cabbage
Picked strawberries, gooseberries, blueberries and blackberries
Later planted garlic a failure
Planted brassicas in the rain
Picked first dahlias and lots of sweet peas
What a week
How did our allotment fare in the red alert heatwave
Planting manky brassicas in the rain – video
25 - 31 July
Drizzly week
Picked French beans
Dug more potatoes
Picked calabrese
Picked baby carrots
Drizzly
Not in my back yard
A mischievous Ruby at Nostell – video
Charlotte potato reveal and French beans – video
I always enjoy these posts, they demonstrate just how self sufficient you are. Loving Ruby and the water birds. xxx
I can always guess which photos you will be drawn to, Dina