Vegetable Garden Jobs to do in June
June is a wonderful month in the vegetable garden, with such a variety of jobs to do.
Sow:
Continue to sow French beans, runner beans, peas, beetroot, carrots, kohlrabi, spinach beet, lettuces & salad leaves directly into the soil.
Plant out seedlings:
of leeks, cabbages, celariac, courgettes, squash, pumpkins, outdoor tomatoes, calabrese & purple sprouting broccoli.
Harvest:
- Soft fruit, such as raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries, currants.
- Winter sown broad beans, peas, early potatoes, garlic & shallots.
- Salad leaves, rocket, lettuces, radish.
Other jobs:
- mulch to conserve moistute & keep down weeds
- stake tomatoes, peas and dwarf beans
- tie raspberry canes to wires
- net soft fruit to keep birds off
There are plenty of jobs to do in the garden in June!
vegetable garden
I wish gardens would do well where I live in the summer…it’s just too hot down here for much of anything to survive in the extreme heat. I would LOVE to have raspberry bushes!!
My Green Thumb is posted, won’t you join me? Hope your weekend is great so far.
Comment by Hootin' Anni - June 1, 2008 8:58 am
Hi Anni
Amazing how some fruits adapt to your climate - & others prefer our colder temperatures!
We do enjoy our raspberries!
Comment by TopVeg - June 1, 2008 10:22 am