August is the Time for…
- Keeping up with weeding, touching up mulch as necessary
- Deadheading flowers to promote new bloom
- Picking ripening vegetables to hasten more flower buds that lead to more crops
- Cleaning up spent foliage in vegetable gardens and removing from the site
- Watering by hand as needed
- Staking tall annuals and perennials to keep them upright in wind and rain storms
- Scouting for iris borer and removing damaged rhizomes from beds
- Finishing summer pruning of trees and shrubs, particularly spring bloomers
- Planning fall planting and transplanting projects
- Taking some garden tours
- Sitting back and enjoying your garden!
