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Order your Autumn
Bedding Plants |
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Continue weeding & hoeing.
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A good month
for cutting
hedges. |
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Cut & dry
herbs. |
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Take
cuttings of lavender, rosemary and
sage. Pot up and put in a shaded
cold frame. |
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Link: Composting |
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As early crops are used
dig & refertilise the ground for replanting.
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Sow spring
cabbage, winter
lettuce, onions
& spinach.
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Plant winter green crops.
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Earth up
kale, leeks
etc.
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At the end of the month
lift onions
& expose to sun to dry.
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Feed asparagus
beds.
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Watch out
for caterpillars.
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Remember to pick your vegetables regularly.
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Links: Vegetables
- Potatoes
- Mushrooms - Vegetable
Seeds |
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Pinch back
gooseberries.
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Cut out fruited wood on peaches,
nectarines &
blackcurrants.
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Thin out
apples whilst they are small. If the fruits are too close together
you will get several small fruits, thinning out will produce larger
fruit.
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Plant new
beds of strawberries.
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Continue training
apples
& pears.
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Summer
prune pear trees, so that all side-shoots are shortened back to six
leaves.
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Reduce raspberry
canes to 5 a plant.
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Links: Fruit
- Apples
- Strawberries |
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Dead head your flowers.
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Plant early spring bulbs outside.
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Plant out
plugs of wildflowers where you intend them to become naturalised in
grass.
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Continue spraying
roses
for mildew, greenfly & black spot.
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Order your Autumn
Bedding Plants |
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Lift, divide & replant irises.
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Larger single
chrysanthemums
should be disbudded.
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Roses - dead-head regularly.
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Links:
Bedding
Plants & Annuals - Plants
- Flowers
that attract wildlife - Alpines |
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Hanging
Baskets - Roses
- Climbing
Plants - Fuchsias |
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Semi-ripe cuttings will root for
next spring.
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Prune rambling
roses &
wisteria. |
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Continue mulching with bark,
compost
or topsoil. |
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Evergreens can be layered &
hedges trimmed.
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Take cuttings & layers of
shrubs.
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Links:
Conifers
- Japanese
Maples - Trees
- Magnolias
- Rhododendrons
- Plants |
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Palm
Trees - Hedging
- Topiary |
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Continue cutting & edging or install lawn
edging. |
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Dig over ground where a new lawn
will be sown at the end of the month.
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Last feed should be applied in the
middle of the month.
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Links:
Lawns
- Lawn
Mowers |
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Watch for low night temperatures
and condensation as this encourages mildew.
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Keep ventilated.
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Pinch out tips of
tomatoes
&
stop watering & feeding. |
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At the end of the month empty
greenhouse and thoroughly clean.
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Links:
Greenhouses
- Tomatoes
- Cucumbers |
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Bring in
house
plants
and tender exotics from outside. |
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Feed & water for winter growth.
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Keep in a cool shady place.
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Links:
House
Plants - Orchids |
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Clear out any surface weed &
debris. |
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Links:
Water
Gardening - Water
Features - Aquatic
Plants |
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Look
out for... |
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Black-tipped
soldier beetle |
| Description: A black beetle about 9mm long. |
| Where to find them:
They are frequently seen in late summer on the flowers of thistles, hogweed, wild parsnip and ragwort in meadows and on waste ground.
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Interesting fact: This species is sometimes called a blood sucker beetle, presumably because of its colour but it does not bite or suck blood! The adult beetles feed on nectar and pollen; their soil-dwelling larvae prey on other soil insects. |
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Links:
Wildlife
- Birds - Frogs,
Toads & Newts - Hedgehogs |
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Flowers
that attract wildlife |
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6th
August - Garstang
and District Agricultural and Horticultural Show |
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12th -
13th
August - Shrewsbury Flower Show |
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18th - 21st
August - Southport Flower Show |
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19th -
21st
August - Norfolk
Summer Garden Show |
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27th -
29th August - Southend
Summer Garden Show |
| 'Shows
& Events' Page. |
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Links:
Shows &
Events Calendar - Chelsea
Flower Show - Hampton
Court Flower Show |
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Tatton
Park Flower Show |
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