As we hit the height of Summer and the soil is at its driest, do keep everything regularly (not sporadically) watered, using water from rain butts whereever you can. Many gardeners use “grey” water for watering, ie from baths and doing the washing up, although our jury is out on the advisability of that when you’re going to eat what you water…
Here’s the usual run down on sowing, planting out, maintenance and harvesting for August.



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Hi John – Beelocal looks brilliant. We’ll be in touch about adding you to our directory. How is business going for you at the moment? And what veggies are you most looking forward to having in stock?