August is usually one of the hottest months of the year, making watering essential. Try to use grey water wherever possible, especially as water butts may be running low if it has been a dry summer. August is traditionally holiday time, so you might need to enlist the help of friends and family to look after the garden while you are away. When you are at home, take the time to prune wisteria and summer-flowering shrubs such as lavender once they’ve finished flowering.
1 Prune Wisteria
2 Summer prune trained apples and pears
3 Deadhead flowering plants regularly
4 Water containers and new plants, preferably with grey recycled water or stored rainwater
5 Collect seeds from garden plants
6 Harvest sweetcorn and other vegetables as they become ready
7 Cut out old fruited canes on raspberries
8 Lift and pot up rooted strawberry runners
9 Keep ponds and water features topped up
10 Improve the soil with green manures
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Lodsworth & District Garden Club
is for everyone interested in plants and gardening!
You are very welcome to join us no matter what type of garden
you have, be it large or small, established or new, a conservatory,
an allotment, a windowbox or pot plants on the patio. We want
to encourage interest in all types of gardening in our community, providing opportunities for our members to share gardening experience and increasing knowledge of plants and gardens.
We welcome new members to join the Lodsworth & District
Garden Club whatever their level of gardening experience! Membership benefits include subsidised entry to our talks, workshops and visits, with discount from a wide variety of local horticultural suppliers. Please look at our contact page for details of becoming a member of the LDGC and a full list of benefits.
We look forward to welcoming you!
