Home Grown Gardens
Welcome to Home Grown Gardens where we hope you will join us in enjoying being in the garden, growing your own fruit and vegetables, and of course, eating them!
There is no mystery to gardening, or to growing fruit and veg, so start small and do more each year. Being in your garden and growing your own veg should be fun and rewarding, not yet another stress agent. There is no need to have straight lines, and neatly clipped edges, but good soil is fundamental. No chemicals are used by Home Grown Gardens, which means anything from the garden or veg plot can be eaten with confidence. But, being in North Yorkshire and on the edge of town means every pest you can think of, wild and domestic, visits. Growing, eating, sharing, is the ethos of Home Grown Gardens, so it's nice to have you with us.
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July 2009 The sun is out, the veg plot is producing, so hopefully you can get out this July and enjoy it all. Mind you July can be a frustrating month as well, everything needs watering and picking to keep producing, then washing, cooking and eating! So it’s a busy as well as fruitful time. |
And don’t forget to look ahead, sow some winter brassicas and keep the seedlings cool and sheltered from hot sun. You’ll find they will germinate really quickly and you’ll be able to plant them out once you’ve harvested your peas and beans. Cover the seedlings with a fine mesh to stop butterflies laying their eggs which then turn into hungry and destructive caterpillars! Grow your own vegetables
July is a beautiful month in the whole garden, and the park, and other people’s gardens! Have a look around at all the beautiful flowers that are out, and the smells. Many people don’t like roses, but the smell of an English rose on a summer’s day is one that you can never forget. And maybe the American feminist and anarchist, Emma Goldman thought so to, with her quote for this month: "I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck." Emma Goldman (1869-1940)
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