What can I grow in July?
21.08.2023 - 11:50
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/ Emma Doughty
If we’ve played our cards right, then July is one of the best months in the kitchen garden, when our main jobs are keeping up with the harvesting of numerous crops, and watering – which can be a pleasant task if it’s not too hot, and allows us to spend some quality time with our plants!
For those contemplating going on holiday during July and August, this prolific bounty can cause a bit of a problem. Ideally you need to line up a friend or neighbour to keep an eye on your garden while you’re away. For a hand with the watering, they get to help themselves to anything worth harvesting. It’s helpful if they know a little bit about plants, and can be relied upon to harvest crops such as courgettes and runner beans, which can come to an abrupt stop if the plant is allowed to produce mature fruits.
In any case, it’s a good idea to harvest all beans and courgettes before you go, so you’ll come back to fresh crops. And to ensure that containers are well watered, grouped in the shade and sitting in trays. I usually pray that it rains while I’m away, but that always feels a bit mean, when I’m enjoying the sunshine on holiday!
It’s not too late to sow some seeds (do it before you go away, and they’ll have germinated by the time you get back…) for quick harvests now and carrying on into the autumn and winter.
If you’re buying seeds or garden supplies then it’s worth noting that T&M is offering a £20 discount on orders over £100 this year. You can access that offer by clicking this link. It should automagically apply the right coupon code to your shopping basket. That’s an affiliate link, and if you click through and make a purchase I’ll earn a few pennies to keep me in seed potatoes.
Vegetables to sow in July
What to harvest in July
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