August 2024 Weather

Daylight Hours in August in UK: 14 Hours.

August has definitely been the month for harvesting.

It hasn’t been especially hot, mostly maintaining 21 to 24 degrees centigrade with a few hotter days, one day hit 32 degrees C.

We also didn’t have any rainfall for a whole month and then some torrential downpours. However the soil is still very dry.

Growing in the Greenhouse in August

Sweet Peppers (2 different varieties) some in pots, some in Autopots,
Tomatoes ‘Cherrola F1’ in the Hozelock Growbag Waterer,
Mini Melons ‘Minnesota Midget’ in Autopots,
Mini Cucumbers (last Harvest was 4 August).
Winter Plug Plants in Pots of Cauliflower’All Year Round’, Kale ‘Cavelero Nero’ and Brussels Sprouts ‘Evesham’.

Massive Onions ‘Hercules F1’ – HARVEST! Added to drying rack in the shed.
Brussels Sprouts ‘Medio Enane de la Halle’ – Sprouts forming,
PEST – Caterpillars from the Cabbage White Butterfly picked off Brussels Sprouts plant daily.
Spring Garlic ‘Garcua’ (soft neck) – HARVEST!
Last Cucumber ‘Piccolino F1 Mini’ – HARVEST!

Carrot ‘Marion F1’ – HARVEST! Peeled & Chopped Raw & frozen.
Ball Courgette ‘Summer Holiday F1’ Last – HARVEST! Hollowed out and roasted with beef, tomatoes & Rice, see my recipe here.
Sweet Pepper ‘Napia’ red – HARVEST!
BlackBerry ‘Loch Ness’ thornless – HARVEST!
Sweet Pepper ‘Tangerine Dream’ – HARVEST!
Tomato ‘Cherrola F1’ – HARVEST!
Tomato ‘Orange Cherry’ – HARVEST!
SEED SAVING – Chives Seeds and Calendula Flowers.

Onions ‘Hercules F1’ – HARVEST! Added to drying rack in the shed.
Tomatoes ‘Tom Thumb’ – HARVEST!
DISEASE – Ball Courgette ‘Summer Holiday F1’ plants had to be pulled out of the ground as they died due to Powdery Mildew.
CHIVES – Cut down and planted into pots to clear Bed 3 for winter vegetables.
Received Winter Plug Plants via post – Cauliflower ‘All Year Round’, Kale ‘Cavalero Nero’ and Brussels Sprouts ‘Evesham’. Potted them into 9cm diameter pots to brown on in the greenhouse.

Potatoes ‘Red Duke of York’ tubers planted in 3 x 30L containers for Xmas Potatoes.
Sweetcorn ‘Goldcrest F1’ cobs are fattening up, not ready yet.
Tomato ‘Cherrola F1’ – HARVEST!
Tomato ‘Orange Cherry’ – HARVEST!
Courgette ‘Zephyr’ x 2 plants – HARVEST! 2 courgettes!
NO caterpillars this week on the Brussels sprouts plant. New growth and Brussels getting larger.
Apples – Empire – HARVEST!
Mini Melon ‘Minnesota Midget’ – Growing Larger.
Sweet Pepper ‘Tangerine Dream’ – HARVEST!
Sweet Pepper ‘Napia’ red – HARVEST!
BlackBerry ‘Loch Ness’ thornless – HARVEST!