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High summer: harvesting, tidying up, and next steps

Early August: harvesting lots of summer vegetables, tidying up your garden boxes, and sowing for fall. What's happening now in the Planty Garden.

Mid-July: time for summer vegetables

News on summer vegetables, pruning suckers, pests and friendly insects, and an open day in the Planty Garden.

July: summer in the vegetable garden

All about the perfect vegetable garden with perfect plants, tasks for July, and yellow leaves and what that means.

Bring on summer in the vegetable garden

Summer is almost here and everything is growing fast. About watering, slugs and snails, and what to do when you go on holiday.

Choosing seeds for your vegetable garden

Will you sow unusual varieties, or choose vegetables that give you a big harvest? Here's how to pick the right seeds for your vegetable garden.

Making a mini vegetable garden with pots

You can grow vegetables anywhere: on your balcony, roof terrace, or even on your houseboat. A small-scale Planty Garden is easy with growbags.

Getting started with sowing and pre-sprouting

The first seeds are in the mega-yield raised bed. I am starting carefully with crops including sugar snap peas, which I pre-sprouted first.