The Lazy Gardener’s July Checklist: Do These 10 Things NOW

With so much to do in the garden right now, how can we know what to prioritize? Don't worry, Ben has got us covered with his top ten tasks to keep on top of our summer veggie garden so we can keep those harvests coming and still have time to put our feet up. Cup of mint and nettle tea, anyone?

[looneygardener]

I learned from this video that flowers don't have to be open to hand pollinate! Cool!

[springcougar]

Terrible start to the growing season in South Wales this year. Fingers crossed though. Its videos like this that give me hope that all is not lost. Good luck everyone! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[jagibaba]

Aw Ben, you're just the best teacher. I love coming back gor more information but I also just enjoy the style of your videos. You have such a positive approach that it's thanks to you I fell in love with gardening so much and haven't gave up when things got a bit overwhelming. I enjoy gardening and your videos so much!!

[trishgreydanus]

Sopping wet here in Niagara, Ontario, Canada. Its been hot, humid and frequently raining - feels like the rain forest. We had a strange full week of over 30c and it was hard on the garden. Now the plants are thriving and happy but it is still fairly early in the season here so no big harvests yet. Just baby tomatoes and peppers still sizing up. Lettuce is getting ready to bolt and picking very small green onions.

[bobwilliams]

I am so thankful that I don't have a slug problem here. Pill bugs are my biggest nemesis. A bit of DE takes care of them.

[fjalar]

Thank you Ben for promoting the organic vegan fertilizer❤. Awesome video!

[glassbackdiy]

I had a pleasent surprise harvesting Garlic today, I'd had a poke around the stems trying to feel the bulb and not finding them, I forgot I'd added 2" of compost mulch after planting and the bulbs were hiding under the soil layer, they're huge!

[jaytoney]

Here in Sylacauga Al, it has been dry and the temperature in the shade has been 39C-40C. It has been miserable! But the garden has to survivce and keep producing. I've had to switch to daily watering, twice daily for some plants. Fortunately, we've been blessed with rain yesterday and today—the first rain showers all month. I am regularly harvesting a lot of tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, lemon squash, peppers, and salad onions. I have watermelon and cantaloupe on the vine ripening, aand many of my herbs are flowering, spearmint, peppermint, catnip, cilantro, lemon thyme, basil, comfrey, and oregano. My henhouse is set up, and I am in the process of covering the chicken run with chicken wire. I can't let them free range. We have cats, and a puma that is hunting on our property. It got three of our cats this month! Until it moves on to other lands, it isn't safe to go outside at night without a loaded rifle. It has been seen in the driveway in mid-aftwernoon. In a few days, I will be planting a crop of fall potaoes, and in two weeks, I'll sow seeds for cabbage, carrots, and turnips. I can't wait for the cooler temperature of autum, and fall gardening. It is much easier to manage. Happy Gardening!

[Kaimcm]

I’m so happy you posted this it really helps me out and love all your vids

[TuttleScott]

slugs were bad here also. between them and some bad seeds my garden was very late getting going this year. good old squash never fails me and had a lot of tomato plants come up from compost I transplanted so all wasnt lost.

[ZoYourOwn]

Some air fryers have a dehydrate setting too, I used mine to dry all my herbs last year 😊

[lyndaturner]

It’s been a miserable spring and summer in Cornwall, but it’s not been as bad as I feared I’ve harvested two winter mash potato squash, this year I grew them in pots so I could put them in the sunniest part of the garden to catch as much as I could, so that’s a win, likewise my pot grown carrots have germinated really well, but my beans have been slugged in the raised bed however they are growing up, very few leaves but they are flowering now, so we must all take take the wins and not worry about the losses. I love your upbeat videos Ben they help me keep positive.❤️

[MyFocusVaries]

Your garden looks fantastic. We've had a cool spring so I'm still waiting for things so get moving, but I remind myself that things will still be growing through September so there's time! Thanks.

[warwarneverchanges]

Id like to add that you can also around this time get very cheap seeds and seedlings as most shops make room for other products I went nuts recently getting 30 standard seed bags for about £6.

[lilybruggeman]

Another great video, thank you!!! Due to the wet summer I also had a lot of problems with snails. I crushed eggshells and spread them along the sides of the beds. Because these are quite sharp, this stopped the snails. And the snails I found were fed to the chickens who consider them a delicacy.

[dwardodwardo]

This is the way to hand pollinate squash, it dosen't need to be more difficult.

[insanebe]

I use slug nematodes to reduce Slug numbers, doesn't get rid of all of them but lowers them by about 50%

[ljgerken]

I had been looking for a fall season crop and bok choi is going to be the one! I had planted them out in spring just to deter the flea beetles, but now I can sow them for a fall harvest! Great tip. Thanks Ben!

[ragnamb]

Her in North of Lillehammer the sesen is to short. Frost can come end of August maybe.

[MANNY]

Thank you very much! It's such a shame May was 90% rain for me so a lot of my plants are behind on growing! 😢Here's hoping for a decent harvest this year!