August To Do, Horticulture News, Listener Q&A
It is the August To Do List, and we are having a gorgeous summer that is offering up IDEAL garden conditions. Vegetable and fruit harvests are bountiful, but there is prep work for fall piling up.
It is time to: Plant seeds in ground, including: beets, cabbage, carrots, turnips, potatoes
Prep garden beds for Fall planting in September: Weed, compost
Chores include:
- Dead-head flowers
- Pick up fallen fruit
- Cut off suckers
- Prevent weeds from going to seed
- Collect seeds
- Harvest melons
- Order fall bulbs (daffodils, tulips, etc)
- Deep water trees
We finish up with a Listener Q&A section. Topics covered include:
- Are pill bugs good for the soil?
- Do I need to keep “braiding” my plant?
- Habanero not blooming – why?
- Fig tree only produce dry, inedible figs. Why?
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