- Author: Paul McCollum
Published on: August 14, 2014
To all the lovely people,
Here are the gardening suggestions for August in our area -
I know that this season has been a challenge with the water shortage but watering can be kept to a minimum by having lots of organic material incorporated into the soil and by mulching. I water by hand once a week and because of the winter cover crop, compost and mulch this years garden has done well.
In planning for the future please consider planting cover crop after our first rain or in early November. Even small areas can benefit from a winter cover crop. Also, compost everything green from your garden (property) by tilling it in or collecting, shedding and hot composting. If this is done in the fall the...
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