Category: June

  • Vegetables Seeds to Sow in June

    Vegetables Seeds to Sow in June

    June, July and August in the UK is the Summer season. June is the month for first fruit and vegetables harvests and finally some sun and heat which will suddenly boost your plants growth. Any seeds you sow in June will germinate quickly so it’s worth sowing seeds in the soil directly. Try peas, beans,…

  • Strawberries – My leaves look like lace, what’s eating my strawberry leaves?

    It’s June, it’s Strawberry harvesting season, and some pests want to butt into the harvest party like an uninvited guest! The latest pest on our Strawberry plants, have shredded the leaves leaving elongated oval shapes in the leaves. The strawberry leaves look like lace, so let’s look at what might be eating the leaves. Strawberry…

  • Our Fruit Garden – Berries, apple, pear, peach Miniature trees in June.

    We moved into our house two years ago and all we brought with us was 2 blueberry bushes and a thornless blackberry bush and obviously our furniture and belongings! If you haven’t seen our garden yet, see how it came from nothing to flourishing in my story here – If you Build it, they will…

  • Part 5 – How to Care for your Growing Tomatoes

    My greenhouse grown tomatoes have been growing strongly although the outdoor grown tomatoes have been sulking a bit with the cold weather in Mid June! Let’s hope we get some sunshine and heat soon to turn these tomatoes red or orange or [insert your colour here]. I am growing: Greenhouse Tomatoes Are growing: Raised Bed…

  • Mini Melons – Part 3 – It’s Time to Pot on your Seedlings with Video

    I’m growing a Mini Melon variety called Minnesota Midget which is a Cantaloupe orange flesh mini melon. It’s my first time growing Mini melons in my greenhouse this Summer and I am excited to see what they will look and taste like. Early June is the time to pot on your Mini Melons (from an…

  • Lettuce and Pak Choi Harvest in Late May and Early June

    Lettuce and Pak Choi Harvest in Late May and Early June

    This year has been a successful year for Green Lettuce and a poor year for red Lettuce as only one seed germinated. I sowed 3 types of lettuce this year, a romaine green lettuce, a red lettuce and a light green loose leaf lettuce – Black Seeded Simpson. This is the first time I’ve had…

  • Vegetables to Sow in June

    June is a great month to start growing vegetables as there is heat so just about anything should germinate quickly within about a week (there are some exceptions). If you haven’t started any vegetables this year, grab yourself any type of container, put drainage holes in it and sow lettuce, peas, herbs or dwarf beans.…