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In this way, retaining logs or boards have what you might call a hugelkultur effect. By midsummer, the structure that underpins a terraced vegetable garden disappears as it is overrun by exuberant plants.

I have plenty of compost this time of year, but it likely includes plenty of weed seeds, which doesn't matter when it's sequestered more than 2 inches (5cm) below the soil's surface.

Tomatoes, for example, need a minimum temperature of 10°C (50°F) to fully develop. This may seem like bizarre advice, but by making a plant work harder it will concentrate more of its efforts on fruit production and ripening.

Or why not make your own liquid feed from fast-growing, nutrient-rich plants such as comfrey? How do you keep your pickings coming? Keep Plants Warm to Extend the Harvest into Fall Later on in the season stragglers can be encouraged to keep producing...

Improve the Garden Environment Many pest predators, such as hoverflies (syrphid flies) are also nectar lovers and pollinators, so grow battalions of flowers near – or even in – your vegetable patch.

Spring cabbages are sown from the second half of summer to harvest the following year. Either way is totally delicious! Cabbages you've grown yourself are undeniably sweeter and crunchier than anything you can buy.

A couple of lights directed up into the branchwork of a tree looks stunning. Choose a clump-forming variety, so it doesn't spread through your garden like wildfire. This has the effect of reducing the air temperature inside to cool your drinks.

To prolong storage life, it's also important to trim off the leaves as the radishes are harvested. Wonderful Watermelon Radishes The round radishes with red interiors called watermelon radishes have a more poetic name in their native home of China –...

Drying and Dehydrating Fruits and Vegetables Drying is one of the very easiest methods of preserving, requiring no specialist skills – just lots of fresh produce. It uses 900g (2lb) of the fruits together with a large onion and a cooking apple.

The leaves are big and wavy, like turnips, but have a smooth surface with bluish bloom like cabbage. Transplant or thin rutabagas to at least 8 inches (20cm) apart, with wider spacing even better.

But if you need the space, you can hurry things along by cutting the heads a little earlier. These plants cross-pollinate, so you'll need to overwinter more than one plant of the same variety to flower the following season.

Do any branches point inwards, cross over each other or look like they'll cross in the future? If you see signs of silver leaf, cut well beyond the area where the dark stain shows in the centre of the wood to make sure that no trace of the fungus remains.

A spiral ristra not only looks prettier, it improves airflow around the fruits, which will help them to dry out quicker. You can use your dried chilies as needed, or infuse whole fruits in sterilized bottles filled with olive oil to make chilli oil.

Mulching to Keep Soil Cool and Moist Mulches are a must during any summer drought, and a mulch of organic material such as compost, leaf mold or even dried grass clippings is best.

Second, you'll need to consider the risk of frosts later on in the growing cycle and take the necessary precautions to avoid damage to your plants. They are grown in exactly the same way as spring-planted potatoes with two important exceptions.

Apples and other trees are already full of young fruits, which will grow on to give a delicious crop towards the end of the growing season. Nectarines should be thinned once to six inches (15cm) apart.

You can buy them on cards primed with ready-to-hatch pupae to hang up near infected plants. With an initial assault complete, it's now time to apply an organic insecticidal soap, again taking great care to cover all areas of the leaf including, crucially,...

Harvesting Harvest in early summer when the tops begin to fail, and the bulbs have divided into several plump bulblets. Notes Used in place of onions for concentrated flavor. Companions Beet, Chamomile, Carrot, Strawberry, Lettuce, Chinese Cabbage and...

You can also coat the fingertips of a yellow rubber glove with petroleum jelly to make it easier to collect any beetles clustered in blossoms. On cool mornings, place a piece of cardboard beneath plants to catch beetles you knock to the ground.

Companions Tomato, Squash, Strawberry and Pepper. Large plants produce edible, starry blue flowers that attract bees in droves. A fresh crop of plants can be planted in late summer for bloom in the fall.

At the end of each season, be sure to pull all onions from the garden. Damage: When young onion plants wilt for no apparent reason, pull up a sample plant to check for legless worms (maggots) feeding on it roots.

Frost tolerant Extremely cold hardy, even in harsh winter climates. Troubleshooting Control valerian's spread by cutting back flowering stems before they can shed seeds in your garden.

Locate it where leaves can be conveniently picked, crushed and sniffed. Notes Lemon balm is very easy to grow. Spacing Single Plants: 1' 11" (60cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 1' 11" (60cm) with 1' 11" (60cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Start with a...

Fertilize established clumps with a balanced organic fertilizer in the fall. Colors choices are endless, from white to almost black. Cover the bulbs to four times their depth with loose soil.

Frost tolerant None. Troubleshooting White ageratum blossoms go brown as they age, which is not as noticeable in varieties that bloom blue. Spacing Single Plants: 7" (20cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 7" (20cm) with 11" (30cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant...

Set out after the last frost has passed, when the soil is warm and settled. Spacing Single Plants: 1' 7" (50cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 1' 5" (45cm) with 1' 11" (60cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Start seedlings indoors or start with purchased plants.

Spacing Single Plants: 7" (20cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 7" (20cm) with 11" (30cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Sow direct into soil, and cover the seeded bed or furrow with a board to keep it moist.