Flower Power Garden Hour 183: August To Do, Horticulture News, Listener Q&A

Flower Power Garden Hour · Aug 12, 2023 · 1h 4m

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…