July Full Garden Tour - Episode 24

In this episode you will see a full tour of my garden Chicagoland polyculture garden in mid-July. The veggies are coming on strong now and the harvests are daily.
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[@GardenofEmma]

It’s all looking very lush Robin. Well done

[@robinmiller1783]

😊😊😊

[@terrykingsallotmentgardening]

Not sure on the bush beans Robin, but they shouldn't put out runners unless they are stressed. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Looking great, Robin! Looks like the veg etc are enjoying the heat!

[@RobinGardens]

Most of them are for sure. Its's been a more bearable temp for a couple weeks now. The weird thing is the melons are behind. I thought I cracked the code ....alas not so much LOL. The cake beetle has arrived so not sure how long my plants have.

[@Roo-s_Life]

Looking great 👍 ❤xx

[@RobinGardens]

Thank you 😊 I love being retired, I don't have work forcing me out of my happy place.

[@mygardenanddinosaurs]

Looking gorgeous Robin. Your garden is so productive but also so aesthetically pleasing. Would love even a couple of days of your sun. I now have a bunny in the garden who has eaten the tops of some of my carrots! I’ve protected them now. 🙄. All the best. Mags.

[@RobinGardens]

Mags I was thinking about you and your comment about tomato pruning when I went after my plants more than typical. I just got very nervous about airflow. When you're a 'crammer inner' like me, (Audrey loves that term over at Real Food Comes Dirty) you always risk poor airflow. Most years I skirt by just fine, but we've gotten a lot more rain than what's typical for July. Yesterday, I had a cooler overcast day at last and took full advantage of planting out. My tomatoes are blushing all over now and it won't be long. Better get my canning supplies together.

[@Leanne_N]

Beautiful Robin. I’m STILL waiting on cucumbers so I’ll have to take your word on the Socrates. I think next year I’m just choosing another variety because I can take disappointment in the garden but not with expensive seed. I have bush beans wanting to vine a bit too but no answer to why!

[@RobinGardens]

Oh so sorry to hear that! I was pleasantly surprised. Jess @plot 37 and James Prigioni both recommended Socrates on their channels, so I thought I'd try. I'm going to do a tasting as soon as the 3rd gives me a cuke to try.

[@trold1969]

Thanks for the tour. Although you've had some challenges this season, so many plants are thriving and look amazing. I was looking away for a second and then back and thought you were showing some melons, but they were tomatoes, haha. Those were huge! I will be cutting down my outside cucumbers tomorrow, powdery mildew all the way almost and they have been trying to grow cucumbers under healthy leaves the last two weeks, but they' stay tiny and then turn yellow. Next year I'll succession sow and just remove the plants at first sight of fungal issues. No point in hoping for miracles. ;) I haven't had 8 cucumbers altogether this season, 8 a day is such a blessing. The one inside the plastic greenhouse is healthy, but mostly male flowers. Some challenges and some successes here too. I made dinner today with my own patty pan, chard, kale, jalapeño, spring onion and herbs. And I've eaten several tomatoes already. Life is good.

[@RobinGardens]

Well my melons are really tiny. Not sure why, but I'll be grateful for any I get this year. Cucumber beetle has arrived, so it's only a matter of time before they are goners. Ohh that sounds like a lovely dinner. Maybe try a gynoecious cucumber.....one that produces mostly female flowers. Or a gynoecious and parthenocarpic ....one that fruits without the need for pollination.

[@trold1969]

@@RobinGardens Mine is parthenocarpic, but mostly female is a good idea, thanks. You have some nasty pests over there. No cucumber beetle or squash vine borer here. I've had some aphids, caterpillars and leaf miners this summer, nothing too cry about, I would be worried if there were none.