July

General tasks

French Beans- pick pods when about 4 inches long, and keep picking. Check the undersides of brassicas leaves for the eggs or caterpillars of the cabbage white butterfly. Earth up potatoes and mulch with any dry materials - weeds, grass cuttings, etc. Above all, keep watering your plants regularly.

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Sow / plant

Courgette, Squash, Lettuce, Rocket, Parsley,  Chard, Perpetual Spinach, Radish, Turnip, French Beans, Runner Beans, Beetroots, Carrots, Kale, Purple Sprouting Broccoli, Cabbage (winter).

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Harvest

Broad Beans, Peas, French Beans, Runner Beans, Beetroots, Carrots, Cabbage, Courgettes, Cucumber, Lettuce, Radish, Rocket, Spinach, Turnips, Potato (earlies), Onion (autumn sowing), Shallots, Garlic, Strawberries.