Vegetable Growing Month by Month

The down-to-earth guide that takes you through the vegetable year by me, John Harrison - more info.

Plot 5 Cloches

The beginning of June and warm weather meant it was time to take the cloches off, This was the sweetcorn just before they came off.

The sweetcorn was already trying to lift them - cloches really do push plants along.

Plot 5 Sweetcorn out in the world

The sweetcorn has taken off well but so have the weeds under the cloches,

You can really see how well they are doing.

Plot 5 Comfrey Recovering

Nearly ready for another cut already, the comfrey bed looks great.

You can see the new plants are starting to show well now and the bed is filled.

Plot 29 Brassica and Pigeons

Front left is the remains of the cabbage at the edge where the pigeons can nibble it through the netting.

Comapre with the undamaged cabbage rear right.

Plot 5 Carrots & Parsnips

Having been weeded and thinned, you can see that the carrots and parsnips are showing OK if a little patchy.

Top of Allotment Plot 5

My bench, table coldframe and hosepipe at the top of plot 5.

Tomatoes in growhouses to the left by the shed.

View up Allotment Plot 5

Potatoes in the foreground, beans to the rear.

View from the comfrey bed to the top early June.

Plot 29 Potato Bed

The maincrops are together on plot 29 with the rows running east to west.

There are 2 varieties, Sarpo Mira the super blight resistant new Hungarian type and Valor. I want to compare results so am treating them equally.

Plot 29 Brassicas

26 June - removed protection cage and weeded, the brassicas on plot 29 looking good.

Plot 29 Potato Bed

26 June - the poatoes are doing well, the Sarpo Mira to the left and the Valor to the right. The Valor have started flowering.

Plot 5 Comfrey and First Early Potatoes

26 June the comfrey coming back with the first earlies behind.

Plot 5 Horseradish

Tucked away by the compost heaps, my horseradish plant is doing pretty well.

Plot 29 Onion Disaster

Having been hit by some sort of rust or mildew, the onion bed on plot 29 is looking pretty sorry.

Yield is pretty low and keeping qualities doubtful.

Plot 29 Onion Disaster Closeup

Plot 29 Onion and Garlic Harvest

Harvested all the onions, garlic and shallots except for the seed sown Red Baron onions which may yet still develop.

The onions on plot 5 are OK so not a total loss.

Plot 5 Sweetcorn and Tomatoes

26 June the sweetcorn is looking well as is the Roma plum tomato bed. Climbing beans to the right.

Plot 29 Water Barrel

Next to the salad bed, which needs watering frequently, I built a platform for the water barrel.

This is filled from a hosepipe. The nearest pipe is a ways away so a timesaver.

Plot 5 from the base

Looking very green at the end of June.

Allotment Rep Larry

Larry working his plot 'till late with his ploytunnel and greenhouse in the background.

Gaynor's Plot

Gaynor, partner of Larry working on her plot - she won first prize in last years competition where I got third.