By early August, the garden has begun to reveal what it can endure. Leaves carry the marks of heat and
By early August, a garden can feel both abundant and vulnerable. Tomatoes are colouring, seed heads are forming and insects
By early August, the garden has begun to tell two stories at once. Tomatoes, beans and berries may be reaching
By early August, the garden has entered its season of consequences. Months of sowing, watering and patient observation are now
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