July

 Jobs to do in July...

• Harvest berries such as blackcurrants and gooseberries and early fruits.

• Prune back raspberry shoots to the ground after the fruit has been picked.

• Tie up blackberry shoots.

• Add more mulch if necessary to vegetable beds.

• Refil the gaps from which vegetables have been harvested with sowings of carrots, radishes and winter vegetables.

• Plant onion seed and potatoes for Christmas

• Start off a new compost heap for grass cuttings and cebris leftover after fruit has been harvested.

• Check that irrigation systems are kept in good working order and continue to collect rain water on a regular basis.

 

 

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