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Gardening

Gardening in August

Windy August is not a hot weeds to germinate. Spread it out in a planting di erent salad varieties. You

favourite amongst gardeners. thick layer on top of the soil and around can also be very fashionable by planting
a variety of salad types in pots or wooden
the root area (not against the stems of
In some regions it will be plants) and rake it level. boxes.
miserably cold, windy, and dry, and • Pruning: Do not be tempted to prune • Sow some nasturtium seeds between
frost-damaged plants just yet, even if they

the leafy stu — the owers and leaves

elsewhere wet and still dark when look sad. Pruning now will encourage soft are edible and great for salads. The plants

you wake up in the mornings. But new growth that will be killed o by late are known as great companions that will
frost.
keep pests like aphids away.
take heart! The promise of spring, • Scarify lawns by cutting low and
with the sweet scent of jasmine, spiking the grass. Follow with feeding An edible sowing guide for August in
and topdressing around the end of
temperate areas of the Highveld includes
is already in the air. August. Also repair ragged lawn edges nasturtiums, Italian parsley, spinach, Swiss
as they are easier to trim if neat. Do chard, lettuce, rocket, carrots, beetroot,
Your main job this month is to: this by laying new sods or pieces from radish, beans, sweet peppers, tomatoes,
• Nourish: Get the soil into prime planting a healthy patch of the lawn on a bed of and celery. Follow the instructions on the

condition by adding copious amounts of fine compost and level them in line with seed packets, as those rst sown in seed
compost to new and planted beds. Do not the existing lawn. trays will have to be protected from cold
dig it in, you will just encourage dormant • Plant: For something light and fresh, start snaps.

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