What Seasonal Fruit & Veg Can Be Harvested In UK In July? There Are So Many, Here Are a Sample To Help You Plan For Next Year.
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July’s list of Seasonal Fruit and Veg in the UK is potentially huge. Of course it depends on where your garden is. Crops tend to be a bit later in the norther and at higher altitudes, but by July things tend to even out a bit and most of the following are available in most locations. Some fit more than one of the following groups.
This article supplements my monthly What to Sow series and can be read in conjunction with the What to Sow in July article. By using this article to decide what you want ready for harvest, the next step is to work backwards to decide when to sow the seeds or plant the crop. You can find the whole list of monthly sowing suggestions in the footer of every page.
Vegetables & Herbs for July Harvesting
July is Prime Harvest Time (Peak Season) for …
Aubergine produce marvellous fruit. I love their black-purple colour
Aubergine (greenhouse-grown, with outdoor varieties ripening later)
Broad Beans (full season, pods at their best)
Carrots (early varieties)
Cabbage
Courgettes
French Beans (tender and abundant)
Garlic (fresh bulbs)
Kohlrabi (early varieties)
New Potatoes (later-planted varieties, as distinct from “Jersey Royals”)
Peppers & Chillis
Runner Beans (sweet, stringless when young)
Summer Squash (including pattypan and crookneck)
Tomatoes (greenhouse-dependent; outdoor varieties begin late July or August)
July’s Leafy Greens & Salads Harvest:
Chicory (bitter leaves for salads)
Cucumber
Lettuce (summer varieties like butterhead and romaine)
Land Cress
Mizuna, Mibuna, Tatsoi (Asian greens, fast-growing in summer)
Rocket (peppery, ideal for salads)
Sorrel (lemony leaves)
Spinach (bolt-resistant summer varieties)
Swiss Chard (colourful stems and leaves)
Watercress (wild or cultivated)
July’s Healthy Herbaceous Harvest
Alliums: Welsh onions, Chives, Egyptian Walking Onions, Spring Onions
Mint, Parsley, Lovage (celery-like leaves for soups)
Sage, Rosemary, Bay (year-round but most aromatic in summer)
Fruit For July Harvesting
Blackberries (early varieties)
Blackcurrants/Redcurrants (mid-to-late July)
Blueberries (peak season)
Cherries (sweet and sour varieties)
Gooseberries (culinary and dessert types)
Greengages (sweet plums)
Loganberries (raspberry-blackberry hybrid)
Raspberries (summer-fruiting canes)
Rhubarb (final harvests; stems may toughen)
Strawberries (peak season for UK varieties)
July’s Foraging Highlights
Alexanders (young stems/leaves – coastal regions where they have regrowth)
Chickweed
Dandelion (leaves less bitter in shaded areas; flowers for syrups)
Rosehips (immature green hips; wait until autumn for ripe harvesting)
Samphire (coastal foraging, best in July–August)
Sea Beet (wild spinach substitute)
Wild Garlic (flowers/seeds by July; leaves past prime)
July’s Harvesting Notes
Asparagus: Season ends in early July; stalks become fibrous .
Cardoons: Rarely commercial but garden-viable; harvest stalks pre-flowering .
Perennial Leeks: Typically autumn/winter harvests; July yields young “summer leeks” .
Expanding the July Fruit & Veg Harvesting List
The move is a quick list of the most obvious fruit and veg that could be harvested in July. As the month proceeds I will refine it and add more. Watch this space … and drop a note below if you think something needs adding.
