Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
It's the season of peak harvests, meaning also beds coming empty, with opportunities to re-sow and re-plant.
July is the peak month for growth, because days are still long and it's normally warmer than June. Seize every moment to keep up with growth so that autumn will be more enjoyable, and your garden will then be full of food.
Coming ready to harvest now or soon is a veritable cornucopia of vegetables. From melons, cucumber, tomatoes, and aubergine, to carrots, beetroot, salads of many kinds, onions, early potatoes, and more.
Sow any of Florence fennel, kohlrabi, chicory, lettuce, endive, carrots, broccoli for spring, salad onions, and collards.
Then in late July, Chinese cabbage and winter radish.
August is a top time to sow spinach, salad rocket, mizuna, pak choi and turnips.
Use mesh covers on new sowings and plantings for protection against insects, rabbits and more.
The advice on watering is just my perspective. I know that there are many other ways to water. My main aim is to make sure all water goes to plant roots and is not wasted on weeds or empty spaces.
See my July video of last year for more on watering, youtu.be/_iNsxi8nVx4.
See also my Essential Knowledge pack charlesdowding.co.uk/products/essential-knowledge-foundations-for-success?
Up to 14th July, the dig / no dig trial beds have given harvests of 30.54kg and 35.67kg respectively.
Filmed at Homeacres no dig garden by Nicola Smith, on 13th July 2026.
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00:00 Introduction - second early potatoes and squash
01:03 Asparagus
01:43 New plantings - beetroot under cover
02:05 Carrots, poor seed quality
02:32 Lettuce, watering
03:13 Beetroot - watering, and cover against rabbits
03:36 Flea beetle damage
04:13 New pantings of radicchio and endive, second planting lettuce
00:44 Carrots re-sown after being eaten by rabbit - watering
05:51 Weather - dry and hot
06:09 Runner beans, not setting through lack of moisture - timing of watering
06:51 The finished pyramid!
07:22 Bindweed removal
08:35 Celeriac
09:11 Compost - chopping stems, proportion of green/brown, watering
10:17 8-month-old compost
10:51 Onions at different stages of maturity
11:35 Tomatoes
11:48 More flea beetle damage - brassica seedlings
12:19 Swede and kale under Thermacrop
12:48 Maincrop potato, Desiree - watering
13:08 Leeks - late sowing, multisown
13:38 Tomatoes in the polytunnel - watering, overhead line
14:10 Oxheart beef tomatoes
14:52 Melons - no need to support, how to know when ripe, different ways of growing
16:12 Aubergines - removing sideshoots, bacterial rot and red spider mite predator
17:17 Cucumbers, watering needs
17:54 Dahlias
18:08 Squash, and celtuce
19:01 Propagation in the greenhouse - beetroot and brassica seedlings
19:41 Own-design module trays
19:52 Celery seedlings, ready to prick out
20:11 Options for sowing French beans
20:25 Sowings of brassicas - broccoli, Romanesco - potting on
20:51 No feed, good potting mix
21:19 Sowings of endive, lettuce, red cabbage
21:57 More sowing options - fennel, kohlrabi
22:27 Watermelon and melon - growing options, importance of starting early
23:56 Tomatoes, de-leafing
25:02 Outside - celery, different sowings
25:30 Dig/no dig trial beds - harvest comparison
26:05 Onions, ready to harvest
26:55 Celeriac - difference between beds
27:36 Beetroot interplanted with spring onions
27:53 Sweetcorn
28:43 A question to viewers!
#nodig #july #gardentour #vegetablegarden #sowing #growyourown #CharlesDowding
It's the season of peak harvests, meaning also beds coming empty, with opportunities to re-sow and re-plant.
July is the peak month for growth, because days are still long and it's normally warmer than June. Seize every moment to keep up with growth so that autumn will be more enjoyable, and your garden will then be full of food.
Coming ready to harvest now or soon is a veritable cornucopia of vegetables. From melons, cucumber, tomatoes, and aubergine, to carrots, beetroot, salads of many kinds, onions, early potatoes, and more.
Sow any of Florence fennel, kohlrabi, chicory, lettuce, endive, carrots, broccoli for spring, salad onions, and collards.
Then in late July, Chinese cabbage and winter radish.
August is a top time to sow spinach, salad rocket, mizuna, pak choi and turnips.
Use mesh covers on new sowings and plantings for protection against insects, rabbits and more.
The advice on watering is just my perspective. I know that there are many other ways to water. My main aim is to make sure all water goes to plant roots and is not wasted on weeds or empty spaces.
See my July video of last year for more on watering, youtu.be/_iNsxi8nVx4.
See also my Essential Knowledge pack charlesdowding.co.uk/products/essential-knowledge-foundations-for-success?
Up to 14th July, the dig / no dig trial beds have given harvests of 30.54kg and 35.67kg respectively.
Filmed at Homeacres no dig garden by Nicola Smith, on 13th July 2026.
You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members:
youtube.com/channel/UCB1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg/join
00:00 Introduction - second early potatoes and squash
01:03 Asparagus
01:43 New plantings - beetroot under cover
02:05 Carrots, poor seed quality
02:32 Lettuce, watering
03:13 Beetroot - watering, and cover against rabbits
03:36 Flea beetle damage
04:13 New pantings of radicchio and endive, second planting lettuce
00:44 Carrots re-sown after being eaten by rabbit - watering
05:51 Weather - dry and hot
06:09 Runner beans, not setting through lack of moisture - timing of watering
06:51 The finished pyramid!
07:22 Bindweed removal
08:35 Celeriac
09:11 Compost - chopping stems, proportion of green/brown, watering
10:17 8-month-old compost
10:51 Onions at different stages of maturity
11:35 Tomatoes
11:48 More flea beetle damage - brassica seedlings
12:19 Swede and kale under Thermacrop
12:48 Maincrop potato, Desiree - watering
13:08 Leeks - late sowing, multisown
13:38 Tomatoes in the polytunnel - watering, overhead line
14:10 Oxheart beef tomatoes
14:52 Melons - no need to support, how to know when ripe, different ways of growing
16:12 Aubergines - removing sideshoots, bacterial rot and red spider mite predator
17:17 Cucumbers, watering needs
17:54 Dahlias
18:08 Squash, and celtuce
19:01 Propagation in the greenhouse - beetroot and brassica seedlings
19:41 Own-design module trays
19:52 Celery seedlings, ready to prick out
20:11 Options for sowing French beans
20:25 Sowings of brassicas - broccoli, Romanesco - potting on
20:51 No feed, good potting mix
21:19 Sowings of endive, lettuce, red cabbage
21:57 More sowing options - fennel, kohlrabi
22:27 Watermelon and melon - growing options, importance of starting early
23:56 Tomatoes, de-leafing
25:02 Outside - celery, different sowings
25:30 Dig/no dig trial beds - harvest comparison
26:05 Onions, ready to harvest
26:55 Celeriac - difference between beds
27:36 Beetroot interplanted with spring onions
27:53 Sweetcorn
28:43 A question to viewers!
#nodig #july #gardentour #vegetablegarden #sowing #growyourown #CharlesDowding
