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AUGUST GARDEN TIPS
GARDENING
• Take cuttings of fuchsias, pelargoniums and other tender plants now • Dead flowers, and a little bit of the stem below, should be trimmed off lavenders now • Roses tend to succumb to attack from blackspot, mildew and rust at this end of the summer and you must not let down your guard against these diseases! • Prune wisteria and any climbing and rambling roses now • Plant hydrangeas, snowdrop bulbs and, autumn flowering crocuses now • Take cuttings of border pinks (Dianthus) this month. • Look out for pests on cabbage, cauliflower, sprouts and other brassicas • Fill spaces in the veg patch by sowing quick maturing items such as turnips • Sow seed of autumn onion (sometimes called Japanese onion) now for the earliest crop of next year • Keep picking runner beans and courgettes regularly. Both can be used to make excellent chutney or can be given to neighbours and friends • Dig up your potatoes, dry and store undamaged tubers in a dark frost-free place for winter • Plant strawberry runners. Those planted now will produce the earliest crops next year • Let the grass on your lawn grow longer. This is not an excuse to mothball the mower until next spring but it is a good ploy to help it get through dry periods
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