Keep wild bird baths filled and top up ponds, Light feeding helps prepare for the winter months.
Prune rambling and climbing roses after flowering. For ramblers take out one old stem. For climbers cut back above a strong side shoot low down on the plant.
Tidy the greenhouse and cold frames before you bring plants undercover in September.
Liquid feed any greenhouse crops once a week.
Lift onions and garlic and allow to dry before storing in nets.
Check for potato blight and remove any infected leaves, in severe cases remove all foliage and wait three weeks before digging the tubers.
Buy your Japanese onion sets.
Keep feeding patio containers and hanging baskets.
Sow green manures on any bareground in the vegetable garden, this helps nourish the soil.
Sow the last batch of carrots
Pinch out the tops of climbing beans to encourage new growth.
Pinch out side shoots on tomatoes to divert the plants energy into fruit development.
Water containers and hanging baskets regularly and feed once a week with liquid fertiliser.
Enjoy evenings on the patio or in the summer house.
Start looking at our wide range of autumn planting flower bulbs.
Deadhead dahlias and other perennials to encourage a continued display of flowers.
Keep Camellias and Rhododendrons well watered through late summer while their flower beds are forming.
Strim or mow areas of wild flower meadow down to between 50-70cm now the plants have scattered their seed.
