Gardening tasks in June
What to do in the garden in June
In June, the gardening season is already in full swing. That means there's plenty to do to "keep the store running". From the first harvests, to tending your beds, to sowing succession crops: there's enough gardening work in June to keep you from getting bored. This article gives you an overview of what you can do to make your harvest a complete success.
Harvest in June
If you were industrious in spring, you can already harvest a lot from the garden in June. In addition to early potatoes, you can pick lettuce, radishes, peas, carrots, spinach, rhubarb, chard and asparagus.
Sowing in June
- Gap fillers: lettuce, radishes, kohlrabi, carrots
- Late crops: bush beans and runner beans, peas, zucchinis and pumpkins, chard, various types of cabbage, leeks and potatoes
Sow in June: Swiss chard
Chard Bright Lights is a colorful chard that has low demands on soil and climate. It can be sown outdoors from April-July or September and can be harvested several times if the outer leaves are cut regularly.
Maintenance work in June
- Thin out and water cucumbers regularly
- Weed freshly sown beds regularly and mulch all beds
- Check the garden once a day to detect diseases, pests or nutrient deficiencies early on