June

The weather turned hot, very hot! And dry, very dry! Everything is growing and the more tender plants such as pumpkins and tomatoes have been planted into their final spots, hurrah! Summer is finally here. Perfect weather for gardening, walking and days out to, well, gardens of course.

Salad leaf harvests aplenty but making sure to harvest as soon as they’re ready as the hot dry heat will inevitably cause them to bolt. Planting them in between my garlic has been such a winner! The slugs have stayed at bay and I’m harvesting clean, untouched leaves.

We spent a few days going round different gardens and open gardens in the North and decided to revamp our own garden! Not an ideal time of year to do it but after much consideration and planning we bit the bullet! 😬

We removed the path, made the borders bigger and laid a lovely fresh lawn. We used a mix of RocketGro Tree & Shrub compost and Beds & Borders compost to give our new borders a great boost. We carefully planned our plantings following a blue/purple, pink & white colour scheme. It’s turned out just beautiful and already there has been a huge increase in bees 🐝 We then finished the beds off with RocketGro Magic Mulch. It gives such a warm finish to the beds.

On the plot there’s been more sowings and plantings of beans, carrots, spring onions and beetroot followed by the first harvests of courgettes, potatoes, peas, beetroot and garlic and not forgetting the raspberries which were mostly scoffed on the plot 😋

Amazingly given how hot and dry it’s been the plot hasn’t needed much watering at all. New plantings I water regularly initially to get them going but the rest looks after itself. Mulching with RocketGro Magic Mulch helps retain moisture in the ground keeping plants happy and well fed plus the addition of the RocketGro Fruit & Veg compost in the beds helps hold onto moisture during these hot spells. 

I’m looking forward to watching my garden grow as we head into July. I’ll be taking notes about what is flowering and when so that I can make sure I have year round interest as well as nectar rich plants in flower for our pollinators.

The plot is now rewarding me for all the hard work with lots of lovely organic fruits and veggies and as we head into July I’m really looking forward to the inevitable courgette glut 😆

Happy Growing everyone! 💚