By August 2, the high-summer garden often appears to have reached its fullest expression. Tomatoes colour in the sun, seed
August begins with the garden poised between abundance and exhaustion. Tomatoes are colouring, beans seem to lengthen overnight and borders
By the final days of July, the garden seems to breathe at a different pace. Borders overflow with flowers, vegetables
By the end of July, the garden has moved beyond spring’s careful beginnings. Borders are crowded, seed heads are forming,
Late July is a season of abundance and strain. Sunflowers lift their heavy heads above the border, insects crowd every
By July 28, high summer has settled deeply into northern gardens. The soil may be dry beneath the surface, bees
Late July is a revealing time in the garden. The first rush of summer growth has softened, seedheads are forming,
By July 26, summer has stopped arriving and has begun to rule. In many gardens, the generous green of June
By July 25, summer has settled into its full voice. In northern gardens, borders are often generous but thirsty, tomatoes
By July 24, high summer has become impossible to ignore. In many gardens, the early rush of spring growth has