June 2025

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

01 - 08 June

Planted the last lot of sweetcorn and Crown Prince squashes
Earthed potatoes
Peas have been uncovered and pea sticks put in place
Five surviving cygnets
Ruby had a haircut
We saw a heron in the park

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Peas uncovered
Cygnets and Ruby

09 -15 June

Lifted all the garlic
Lifted autumn onions
Annual flower bed and trailing courgettes
Planted the remaining squash
Planted peas started in greenhouse

If it wasn’t bad enough

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Planting peas

16 -22 June

Picked the first blueberries
Planted more brassicas
Planted more climbing beans
Planted another lot of peas
Visited Fountains Abbey
The heat is turned up

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Watering

23 - 30 June

Harvested lots of berries and first courgettes.

Green and pleasant land?

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Ruby’s broken wag