July

July has been a busy month at the allotment. Mostly it has been constant weeding and a lot of picking as the vegetables gradually start to become ready. Above is how one of the plots currently looks, at the end of July, with the Runner Beans now producing and the Squash plants well and truly taking over and covering the soil. Plenty of Courgettes are also being picked.


At the start of July I planted out Purple Sprouting Broccoli and White Sprouting Broccoli plants that were started off at home about a month before. They're inside a high net cage as the plants grow really big and tall. By the end of the month the plants had grown from how they look above when they were planted out, to how they look below.




During July I dug up all three rows of Potatoes, 1 row at the start of the month, 1 in the middle, and 1 row at the end. Their size was progressively bigger the later I dug them, as expected. There's quite a few with the wire worm holes as always unfortunately, but generally it's a good yield.


The Sweetcorn is growing very well and the cobs have all started forming now as you can see above, with their tassles clearly displayed.


The Leeks that were planted out last month are growing well, only a few have been lost so far, but obviously in need of some weeding soon.


The Squash plants are growing rampantly. Above are the Butternuts. Below is a Festival.




These are Turks Turban Squashes starting to grow, and below is the biggest of the Pumpkins so far. Probably about the size of a basketball already.