Blue Daisy Blog

May and June have been awful weather-wise and long term forecasts for July remain the same - the European Monsoon continues and with it brings some slightly different jobs for your garden than usual at this time of year. 

The weather has resulted in some lush growth spurts this year so it's worth breaking out your pruning equipment in order to keep all that accelerated growth under control.  This is a great idea if you are growing fruit on cordons or espaliers.  Because fruit crops have been restricted by the weather it's likely trees will put out a lot more branches and leaves so do keep them under control in order to help direct goodness to the surviving fruits as well as to help give next year's crops a better chance.

July is most definitely the month of colour and even though things have been slow to get started this year, with our freaky weather, there is still much to enjoy in your garden.

While our gardens are majorly lush though they are also taking a bit of a battering with the hard driving rain that we've been having recently so when you do get the opportunity to get out there try to give those plants that need it some much needed support.  Fingers crossed that July will manage to deliver more sunshine than we've had to date although long term forecasts are predicting lots more rain to come.

There are always some things in the garden that you'd do differently, and your July garden is often a good time to spot those difficult patches. Make a note of the changes that you'd like to make and take photos to help your memory so that when you do come to make changes later in the season it'll be an easier job.