Rainfall in the TopVeg garden in June 2010 was 28.5ml
January 2010 was 57 ml
February 2010 was 59.5ml
March 2010 was 26.5ml
April 2010 was 18 ml
May 2010 was 8.25ml
Rainfall in the TopVeg garden in 2009 was 518.75
| Month |
Rainfall ml |
| January |
32 |
| February |
45.5 |
| March |
17 |
| April |
7 |
| May |
41.5 |
| June |
13 |
| July |
111 |
| August |
40 |
| September |
11.5 |
| October |
63.75 |
| November |
69.5 |
| December |
67 |
The annual rainfall in the TopVeg Garden:
| Year |
Rain ml |
| 2006 |
631 |
| 2007 |
795 |
| 2008 |
571 |
| 2009 |
519 |
The ground is now getting dry and the plants are becoming stressed. 86% of the rainfall in June 2010 in the TopVeg garden fell in the first 10 days of the month.
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June is a busy month with lots of vegetable gardening jobs:
Sow:
- continue to sow directly into the soil french & runner beans, peas, beetroot, carrots,spinach beet, lettuces and salad leaves.
- plant out seedlings of leeks, cabbages, celariac, courgettes, pumpkins, squash, calabrese, purple sprouting broccoli and outdoor tomatoes
planting-out-leeks
Harvest:
- soft fruit
- broad beans, peas, early potatoes, garlic & shallots
- keep picking salad leaves, rocket and cut-&-come again lettuce
Optica-broad-bean-pods
Other jobs for June:
- dry shallots & garlic in sun
- mulch fruit bushes to retain moisture & smother weeds
- stake tomatoes, peas and dwarf beans
- tie raspberry canes to wires.
- net soft fruit against birds
- use enviromesh to keep insects & birds off brassicas & carrots
- collect rain water & use on veg in dry weather
Enjoy the vegetable gardening jobs in June!
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