Gardens And Verses: August Tips

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” 

— Robert Louis Stevenson

• Plant fall color: mums, rudbeckia, ornamental kale, and peppers.

• Harvest crops often so they continue to produce.

• Deadhead spent blooms, and weed garden beds.

• Trim seed pods from plants that self seed if you want to control where they propagate next year.

• Mid-August: Apply organic fertilizer.

• Plant trees and shrubs.

• Harvest herbs and replenish them with new seed, or allow a few plants to self seed.

Monthly garden tips are submitted by Park Hill Garden Walk organizer Kate Blanas. The Garden Walk, held every June, includes tours of some of the neighborhood’s most interesting and beautiful gardens. To suggest gardens or artists that could be featured, contact Paula Marinelli at paulagardenwalk@gmail.com