Gorffennaf yw pan fydd y gwaith caled a wnaed dros y misoedd blaenorol yn llythrennol yn dwyn ffrwyth (a llysiau). Gyda'r ddau mewn golwg y trown ein sylw at y tomato. Ai ffrwyth ydyw? Ai llysieuyn ydyw? Nid yw'r tomato ar ei ben ei hun yn ei wy dirgel, pupurau cloch, ciwcymbrau, courgettes and pumpkin are just as enigmatic. Scientists regard them as fruits and cooks treat them as vegetables. However you define them, there are plenty of all of these in the garden this month. Make sure to stake your tomato plants as they will need support. Water the ground around the roots, not the plant. Tomato leaves hate getting wet. Feed all crops with an all-purpose fertiliser. Pick your cucumbers and marrows as soon as they start appearing as this will encourage more to come. Pick, dry and freeze herbs for later in the year. Keep pulling your rhubarb as by next month it will be just a memory. Plant second cropping potatoes now in anticipation of new potatoes at Christmas.
A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.
Laurie Colwin
The glowing Ruby should adorn
Those who in warm July are born,
Then will they be exempt and free
From love’s doubt and anxiety.
Anhysbys
It will not always be summer: build barns.
Hesiod