As the sun shines brightly and the temperatures soar, our gardens become a vibrant oasis of life and color. August presents a critical time for tending to our plants, ensuring their health and vitality in the heat.
Flower Garden
- Feed and water camellias and rhododendron
- Dead head roses
- Weed flower beds regularly
- Cut and dry everlasting flowers
Kitchen Garden
- Harvest vegetable crops as soon as they are ready. Some ground crops are ok to stay in for longer
- Cut and Dry/Freeze herbs
- Keep vegetable garden well watered.
- Sow early crops of carrots, peas, turnips, lettuce
- Second early potatoes should be ready for harvesting
Greenhouse
- Ventilate the greenhouse and damp down during hot weather
- Take softwood cuttings of fuchsia, pelargoniums and other frost tender plants to overwinter later this month
- Increase feeding of tomatoes, remove yellowing, lower leaves
- Harvest greenhouse crops regularly
The Lawn
- Continue to mow but raise the height slightly during dry periods to keep the lawn looking lush and green
- Don’t feed the lawn, water if absolutely necessary
General Advice
- Water and feed the garden regularly
- Dead head, water and feed your patio containers
- Keep on top of weeds in the garden and borders
- Top up water levels in ponds
- Remove any old leaves from lilies before they start to decompose
- Thin out excess oxygenating plants