This is a great check list for what to do at he end of the summer when You are preparing your home to sell or not.
Curb Appeal is an important part of preparing your home for selling.
Watering, weeding and dead heading are among the main activities for this month.
Aside from, weeding and watering, essential gardening tasks are at a lull in August.
Annuals
- August is a relatively low-maintenance month for flowers, but regular watering isn't the only task that will keep your garden in top shape.
- Keep deadheading flowers as they fade; not only will the plants look better, but if they're allowed to produce and shed their seeds, they're more likely to stop producing new blooms.
- In areas with mild winters and longer growing seasons, annuals should have another feeding of fertilizer in late summer.
Perennials
- Along with the tips below, water perennials weekly and deeply.
- To check on water levels, trowel into the soil and look for moisture to a depth of three or four inches, or deep enough to ensure that water is reaching roots.
- Deadhead spent blooms before they have a chance to seed.
- Dahlias are probably getting leggy right about now; if so, support them with stakes.
- Iris and other early-blooming perennials can still be divided this month and even into September. Choose a cool day or time of day, and give them a tall drink of water in their new locations.
- If you're gardening in a mild climate, fertilize roses once again this month.
Lawns
- Since August is usually the hottest month of the year, watering is a top priority in lawn care.
- Water deeply once a week (more often during scorching dry spells) for an hour at a shot.
- Raise the cutting height on your mower to keep grass longer, conserving water and helping roots stay cool.
- If water is scarce, consider letting your lawn go dormant, and reduce watering to once a month. It may look a little scrappy, but that glowing green hue will return with fall rains.
- Wildflower seeds tend to be ripe by late summer, so if you have a meadow to mow, this is a good month to hop on the tractor.
Brenda Hughes
Certified Home Stager
Home Staging & Re-Design Specialist, Southern IN and Northern Kentucky
Owner of
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