Jobs for July

What to sow

• "Early" carrot, beetroot, turnips and pea varieties sown at the start of the month will extend your harvest season
• Winter/spring veg such as corn salad, purslane, chicory, endive rocket, spring cabbages, spinach, chard and winter lettuce

What to transplant

• Leeks
• Winter cabbages

What to harvest

• Beetroot
• Broccoli
• Carrots
• Courgettes
• French beans
• Garlic
• Overwintered onions (as needed)
• Parsley
• Peas
• Early potatoes
• Runner beans
• Salads
• Shallots
• Soft fruit
• Swiss chard
• Turnips

Other jobs

• Keep checking gooseberries for sawfly
• Cut back comfrey and use as a mulch, or make into a liquid manure
• Check your compost heap to make sure it hasn't dried out - if it has, take off the cover or add water
• Keep tying in your tomato plants, which should by now be racing up their support canes
• Propagate strawberry plants once the crop is finished by pegging down a couple of runners from your best plants. They'll root in no time if they're touching the soil, and you can cut off the runner