Sep 01 2008
Late Summer Gardening Tasks
Yes, it’s almost upon us; the end of summer. For school children, the end of summer has arrived but for the happy gardener, there are still a few weeks of summer to enjoy before we have to start getting everything ready for winter. Obviously, I am in a zone where we see long cold winters and I am always one step ahead on planning out what needs to be done to winterize my garden.
But enough of winter, the snow will be upon us (or some of us) soon enough and we’ll be relegated to indoor gardening or greenhouses for those of us who have them. Late summer has a number of tasks that should be done in the garden and below is a helpful list.
- Weed your flower gardens and continue with the general maintenance of your garden by dead heading all the flowers and removing pests. Check out our post on organic weed control.
- Fertilize any plants that seem to need it.
- Plant any bulbs that you have that bloom in the fall.
- Sow any of the vegetables from your garden that are ready in the late summer. Another task for your vegetable garden is to dry off your onions and store them.
- Harvest your herb garden (if you have one) and dry the herbs. See our article on “Do It Yourself Microwave Herb Drying”
- If you are planning to have strawberries next year, this is the preferred season to plant them.
And lastly, enjoy the last few weeks of summer.
Sirena Van Schaik
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