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Tips. Watering, vegetable garden... What to do in your garden in August?

Tips. Watering, vegetable garden... What to do in your garden in August?

  • Pond: Remove and Starve Algae In summer, garden ponds are sometimes invaded by filamentous algae. They can be easily removed using a rake or a special tool that you simply wrap around the algae before pulling them out. This technique allows you to pull the algae out by its roots without cutting them. Then, add a cocktail of special bacteria that deprives the algae of their food. These products are available from a pond supplier. This will restore your water to perfect balance. Photo Depositphotos
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  • Moderate lawn watering Just like your flowers and vegetable garden, your lawn needs regular watering, especially if it rains rarely! But gently! To keep a veritable green carpet under your feet and around your house, you need to water regularly, but spaced out. Watering too frequently makes your lawn vulnerable to drought. That's why it's better to water it thoroughly from time to time rather than a little every day. Photo Depositphotos
  • Vegetable garden: sow to harvest without stopping To enjoy a continuous harvest in the vegetable garden, favor salads and vegetables that are sown or planted only once and provide a harvest lasting several weeks. This is the case for beets, zucchini, tomatoes, spinach and cutting lettuce. Red beets, carrots and celery are sown continuously from spring to summer. At the beginning of the season, choose varieties to eat fresh. Then, for storage, sow well-adapted root and tuber vegetables from June to August; you will harvest them in October. Resistant lamb's lettuce, leeks and green cabbage or Brussels sprouts can be harvested even in winter. Photo Depositphotos
  • Vegetable Garden: The Secret to Beautiful Cauliflowers For cauliflower to produce large, tight buds, the plants need plenty of nutrients and generous watering. While the heads are forming, add a little nettle manure to the watering water once a week or every two weeks, or incorporate organic vegetable fertilizer into the top layer of the soil. To keep the head white, fold back one or two leaves so that they completely cover the head. Photo Depositphotos
  • Vegetable garden: cut your herbs at the right time Under the influence of summer sun and heat, the active ingredient content of herbs like basil increases in the leaves until the flower buds form. Since the plant will then concentrate most of its energy on the formation of flowers and seeds, it is best to pick herbs that you want to dry or preserve just before flowering. Ideally, you should do this after a few sunny days, if possible on overcast or rainy days. Do not cut the plants completely; leave them a reserve of energy for the regrowth. If you plan to harvest flowers or seeds, pick the herbs when they are in full bloom or just before the seeds are ripe. Photo Depositphotos
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  • Vegetable garden: don't pull up the beans! Green beans sown in summer will produce crisp pods continuously until autumn. In addition to filling our plates, they also introduce nitrogen into the soil for subsequent crops. But this is only possible if the roots, with their small nodules, remain in the soil. That's why they should not be pulled up after harvesting, but rather cut off the aerial parts just below the soil surface with a hoe and leave them in place. Photo Depositphotos

Between harvesting and sowing, the vegetable garden requires the most work in August. But don't neglect the pond and lawn, which are very busy. Here are some essential tasks to add to your schedule.

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