August
Things to do in August
Feed and water all plants
Continue deadheading flowers
Water vegetables regularly throughout August
Lift and dry onions and cut and dry herbs for winter use
Tomato plants will need regular feeding and watering, and take care to remove yellowing leaves
Prop up heavily laden fruit tree branches
Summer-prune gooseberry and redcurrant plants
Finish summer-pruning apples and pears and other trained fruit trees
Sow parsley and pot up herbs for later use
From “Gardening Through the Year” by Ian Spence
Vegetables and Herbs
Sow green manure crops on vacant ground
Harvest onions when the foliage collapses
Keep harvesting crops while they are young
Harvest beans and freeze them
Sow Japanese onions to harvest early summer next year
This is the last month for sowing salad crops outdoors
Continue to sow spring cabbage
Continue watering and weeding regularly
Look out for pests
Continue earthing up celery
Sow parsley to last through the winter
Pot up other herbs such as chives for use during the winter
From “Gardening Through the Year” by Ian Spence