With so much to harvest and the heat sapping the will, July has been a pretty barren sowing month for me hitherto. Which has meant a much reduced harvest either in October, or April/ May. This year I've tried to bridge the hungry gap by sowing lots of cabbages, kale and spring/bunching onions. There's also swedes frazzling in the open ground. And there might be a small asparagus crop next May...Anyway, it's taken me this long to fully realise: harvest for now, sow for next season (at least).

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I found a few minutes early this morning to sow: sorrel, perilla and asparagus lettuce. The latter will bolt at this time of year and the resultant stem is the bit good to eat apparently. The perilla will be transplanted into the greenhouse border come winter.

The greenhouse itself was shady and cool and full of the scent of basil. No doubt it will need hosing down later to keep the temperature under control. This is the canopy formed by the tomatoes, peppers, aubergines et al:



Some seedlings - golden purslane (good source of omega 6):

Lettuce Corsair: