Spring bulbs
September is the perfect time to start planting spring bulbs. Daffodils, tulips and crocus bulbs are available from September onwards. Indoor hyacinth bulbs should also be planted now to ensure that they are ready for Christmas
Lawn Care
Mow, rake and mow again. Aerate ,with a machine if you can. Mend broken edges and reseed bald patches. Dose with low-nitrogen feed, then top-dress.
Septemer is also the last chance to give your hedges a nice trim, while early-summer flowering perennials can also be divided up now if desired
Fruit and Vegetables
Continue to harvest maincrop potatoes, sweet potatoes and sweetcorn plants and consider planting cabbages, lettuces and onions for over wintering around this time. Fruit trees should now be bearing their fruits and you should begin picking as soon as the first fruits begin to fall from their trees
Misc
August is a month where we should enjoy our garden, kick back on the patio admiring the now lush containers and pots we had previously planted. There is of course always something to do in the garden and August is no different. Some of these jobs include:
July is often one of the hottest months of the year and a great time to sit out, relax and enjoy your garden but you’ll want to keep your plants looking great. Regularly dead-heading will give a longer display of blooms, make sure you keep them well watered, using rain or grey water where possible, and a good soluble plant food every 7-10days
Hoe off small annual weeds which thrive in the sun but will desiccate quickly in the heat.
Use leftover tea and coffee grounds to acidify the soil of acid-loving plants such as azaleas, rhododendrons, camellias, gardenias and even blueberries. A light sprinkling of about one-quarter of an inch applied once a month will keep the pH of the soil on the acidic side.
July is also a good time for a chance to clean the patio and treat outside woodwork like decking or fencing
If you didn’t get a chance earlier you can use this as a rainy day art project for the school break. For artistic plant name markers use flat stones and gloss paint to decorate with the names and butterflies or flowers or paint your own garden bugs
Veggie patch
Fruit garden
Flower garden
Lawns
Crafty ideas for recycled cans; just a lick of paint and some bright summer flowers or add cheeky faces, plant with summer bedding and add a paper drinks umbrella
Protect tender plants from late frosts
Hoe small weeds regularly to stop it being a major task later
Look at putting in some rainwater collection butts, good for the garden, good for the environment and good for reducing water bills
To create perfectly natural markers, write the names of plants (using a permanent marker) on the flat faces of stones of various sizes and place them at or near the base of your plants.
Use chamomile tea to control damping-off fungus, which often attacks young seedlings quite suddenly. Just add a spot of tea to the soil around the base of seedlings once a week or use it as a foliar spray.
If you want to encourage more wildlife into your garden, planting wildflowers will support the local biodiversity; such as Cornflower - Corn chamomile - Corn marigold - Field poppy - Field mallow
Start mowing your grass weekly; remember not to cut too low, it will only encourage moss
A good mulch can still be applied to perennial borders and some balanced fertiliser whilst you’re there