I'm not sure there are many things better in life than opening a greenhouse on a mid-summer's morning and being hit with the aroma of ripe tomatoes. I love to take a moment and breathe it in, and am instantly transported back to times spent in my Nan's greenhouse as a kid.
Over the years, my little protected growing space has also become a kind of retreat, and it opens up a world of edibles, with even a small greenhouse making it easy to grow favourites such as tomatoes, chillies or cucumbers. It's a great place to raise fruit and vegetables from around the world that taste as they should - absolutely packed with flavour. It's also a super way of extending the growing season by months.
All you need for success with greenhouses is a little know-how on what and when to sow, grow and harvest, plus some general care and maintenance advice. I love my greenhouse, now such a part of my gardening routine that it bookends the start and finish of my day. During this time, I get so much done, including some necessary pottering of course, and a bit of trying the produce. I think any harvest from the greenhouse is best eaten fresh. Hands up to eating most of my tomatoes while in the greenhouse, working!
Esta historia es de la edición June 2024 de BBC Gardeners World.
Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 8500 revistas y periódicos.
Ya eres suscriptor ? Conectar
Esta historia es de la edición June 2024 de BBC Gardeners World.
Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 8500 revistas y periódicos.
Ya eres suscriptor? Conectar
We love June
We're cruising towards midsummer: this is a month full of love and abundance. Wherever you look there will be something in your garden that lifts the spirits and makes you glad to be alive. We have colour to cheer us, we have leaves that still have the bounce and freshness of small puppies, we have the first berries fattening up, there are birds frantically parenting very demanding broods of chicks, the bees are all over the place, it's prime barbecue and picnic season, and we have lawns as lush and green as billiard tables. What a month to fall in love.
Your wildlife month
The female will usually lay one clutch of up to eight eggs
An edible garden in pots
Join Lucy Bellamy in creating an edible container garden for all seasons, as she harvests what's ripe now and starts later-season crops
Garden craft with kids
Fill the summer holidays with fun nature makes for kids, including botanical printed t-shirts, seed sowing in upcycled food containers and a hanging home for beneficial insects. Jaime Johnson and family show you how
Secrets of a COLOURFUL GARDEN
Using a colour theme is an easy way to give any garden a strong, unified character - Nick Bailey shows you how
Indoor plants, outdoor treats
Break the rules and give your house plants a summer holiday, with Michael Perry's mixed pot display ideas
YOUR PRUNING MONTH
The first few weeks of summer are a good time to get spring-flowering plants in shape. Follow Frances' guide for best results
Gardening for wellbeing
As the pressures of modern living bear down, our outside spaces can provide soothing respite for our minds and bodies, says Arit Anderson
Your greenhouse guide to A fruitful summer
Get the best from your greenhouse fruit and vegetable crops this summer, with these tried and trusted growing tips from Adam Frost
Stars of the show
Agapanthus is the perfect midsummer plant, flowering with spectacular blooms from June onwards and, as Monty explains, it loves to grow in a pot
