July is the month when all the hard work in the vegetable garden bares fruit. A lot of time will be spent harvesting fruit and vegetables.
flowering-courgettes
Sow directly into the ground:
Kale, spinach beet, Chinese greens, cabbages, winter lettuce & winter radish.
land cress variegated
These vegetables will supply fresh green leaves later on in the year if planted in July
Harvest:
Soft fruit, such as raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries, currants, tayberries.
soft-fruit-bowl
French & runner beans, peas, potatoes, cabbages, spinach, beetroot, courgettes.
branch-runner-beans
Salad leaves, lettuces, radish & tomatoes
butterhead-lettuce
Other jobs:
- Hoe to keep weeds down & conserve soil water
- Water plants regularly
- Ridge up potatoes
- cut down old raspberry canes when they have finished fruiting & tie in new canes
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