Hi all community gardeners,
                                               In the garden in July 2012 what should be growing or not growing in this weather in Dublin Ireland.


Summer in March, winter in May, spring in June - climate change isn’t making it easy for veg growers. We can no longer grow ‘by the book’, but have to use our ingenuity to adapt to whatever the weather throws at us. Undercover space in a greenhouse or polytunnel has been invaluable this year.

There is still time to sow lots more veg for late summer and autumn cropping.

Beetroot	early and maincrop; until July. Try 'Boltardy', good resistance to bolting, with fine                                r                                 texture and flavour
	Calabrese	until end July
	Carrots	early; until end July Try some in a box if you've run out of space in the garden. Use an early variety such as the extra sweet Sugarsnax or the spherical rooted Paris Market.
	Cauliflower	mini - until early July
	Chicory	until end July; Pain di Zucchero, harvest in October.
	Chicory, red and sugar loaf	until end August
	Florence fennel	for sowing before mid June, choose a cultivar listed as suitable for early sowing; some cultivars are very sensitive to day length and will bolt if sown before the longest day (21st June); until early August
	French beans	until end June, or July for a late crop of dwarf beans under cloches
	Hamburg parsley	Until end July. Grown for its white parsnip-like roots.
	Kohl rabi	until August. Try Azure Star, striking blue/purple ‘bulbs’ with white, mild flavoured flesh.
	Lettuce	looseleaf, Cos, crisphead and butterhead. Lettuce, apart from crisphead varieties, germinates poorly when the soil temperature goes above 25C. This can happen in summer. To avoid this risk in hot weather, sow into well watered soil between 2 and 4pm, then cover with some form of shading material for the first 24hrs.
	Pak choi	until end August
	Parsley	until end July
	Peas	maincrop, mangetout and sugarsnap until end of July
	Radish, mooli	until end August
	Radish, winter	until end August. Sow winter varieties such as China Rose and Black Spanish.
	Spinach, perpetual	until mid August, or end of August under cover
	Swiss chard	until mid August, or end of August undercover. To brighten up your winter plot, try Rainbow chard. Stems can be orange, yellow, red, bright pink or even white!.
	Turnip	early varieties till end August; maincrop varieties till August.

                 Enjoy as best you can this Summer ???
               Willie