Tag: August

  • Seeds to Sow in Now and August for a Autumn and Winter Harvest

    Seeds to Sow in Now and August for a Autumn and Winter Harvest

    As we are enjoying the vegetable garden in all its glory, I sometimes forget what happens next and miss the time to sow the Autumn and Winter vegetables. Not this year! I’ve decided what I am sowing and here’s my list, I’ll be sowing these seeds at the end of July and in August. Autumn…

  • Why are my Tomatoes not going red? 3 Top Tips to get Tomatoes to turn Red

    Why are my Tomatoes not going red? 3 Top Tips to get Tomatoes to turn Red

    Sometimes it feels like a lifetime waiting for tomatoes to ripen to red especially when they were sown in January or February and now it’s Late July and you can’t wait any longer! However all hope is not lost, there are 3 things you can do start the process of turning green tomatoes red. 3…

  • Mange tout, french beans, lettuce & blackberry harvest

    Mange tout, french beans, lettuce & blackberry harvest

    August is prime harvest time. The salad crops like lettuce and spinach need to be picked regularly otherwise with the rising heat, they will normally bolt and start flowering. Some of my lettuce has already started doing this. I’ll pick the decent leaves and get rid of the rest of the plant into the compost…

  • Update 1 – Keep Out Cabbage White Butterflies of my Brussels sprouts cage

    Update 1 – Keep Out Cabbage White Butterflies of my Brussels sprouts cage

    In May of this year I wrote my original post in this trial, if you haven’t read it, see here: The Keep Out Cabbage White Butterfly Cage Trial. I’m now writing the update in August for this trial and it’s been an interesting few months. The cabbage white butterflies have been active in the garden…

  • Update – Keep Out Cabbage White Butterflies of my Brussels sprouts cage

    Update – Keep Out Cabbage White Butterflies of my Brussels sprouts cage

    In May of this year I wrote my original post in this trial, if you haven’t read it, see here: The Keep Out Cabbage White Butterfly Cage Trial. I’m now writing the update in August for this trial and it’s been an interesting few months. The cabbage white butterflies have been active in the garden…

  • Blue, Black, Rasp and StrawBerries Harvest

    Blue, Black, Rasp and StrawBerries Harvest

    The new fruit plants – 2 blueberries bushes, 1 blackberry bush, 5 summer fruiting raspberry canes and 2nd strawberry plants have all performed extremely well this year with regular harvests from Early July (we are in the UK). If anyone is thinking of getting some berry bushes or fruit canes, do it, you won’t regret…

  • August in the Vegetable Garden

    August in the Vegetable Garden

    It’s mid August, I haven’t planted any vegetables since the Sweetcorn in July. In the Summer months, I like to sit back and enjoy the garden, enjoy the harvests and enjoy watching the plants and wildlife flourish. All the hard work, sowing seeds and caring for plants in Spring has paid off as the vegetable…