Gardening tips for August in Bolton le Sands

August gardening in Bolton-le-Sands focuses on core late-summer maintenance: watering and weeding, deadheading flowers, and pruning summer shrubs.

Maintenance and Watering
  • Water deeply: Soak soil thoroughly a couple of times a week rather than light daily sprinkling.
  • Control weeds: Hoe regularly around borders and vegetable patches to reduce competition.
  • Manage ponds: Scoop out floating weeds and keep water features topped up for local wildlife.
Pruning and Tidy-up
  • Prune shrubs: Cut back finished summer-flowering shrubs and wisteria.
  • Tidy raspberries: Cut old fruited canes on summer-fruiting raspberries down to ground level.
  • Deadhead regularly: Remove faded blooms on perennials and bedding plants to prolong colour.
Harvesting and Planting
  • Pick crops: Keep harvesting beans, tomatoes, courgettes, and root vegetables.
  • Sow salads: Plant quick-growing autumn salad leaves like rocket.