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Carbon-Footprint-Reduction
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| Monthly jobs and seasonal harvest in the garden
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| Fruit Jobs in August
See that sheds and trays are ready for winter storage of fruits.
Strawberries of early fruiting varieties planted on a south border will produce very early berries.
New strawberry plantations can be made where potatoes have been lifted.
Wall fruits make abundant growth at this season. Tie in young
wood wanted for next season, and remove the rest. In very dry weather
give an occasional soaking with water, followed by liquid manure.
Gather apples when they break easily from the tree on being lifted in the palm of the hand.
Keep an eye open for the eggs of the lackey moth. This moth deposits eggs in a "bracelet" round young fruit stems.
They should be crushed and destroyed.
Take stock of bush and standard trees. Note the amount of new leaf
and stem on each. If a tree continually makes exceptionally strong
growth, but never has much blossom, dress it with basic slag after the fruit is gathered.
Wall fruit should be protected from wasps and birds, and exposed
to the sun as much as possible.
Continue summer pruning. Fruit trees may still be budded.
Late apples, pears and plums may need to be thinned out.
Loganberry and Raspberry canes that have borne fruit should be
cut down to the ground level. Tie the new canes to supports to prevent
breakage in the wind.
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| Vegetable Jobs in August
Earth up celery and leeks.
Plant out seedlings of broccoli, savoys and endive, or sow seeds of cabbage, stump-rooted carrots, lettuce, onions,
spinach and turnips to follow the early crops.
Herbs can be dried and stored for winter use.
Water peas in dry weather and mulch them with manure.
Pinch out side-shoots from outdoor tomatoes; thin the lower leaves; remove any that are turning yellow.
Spray potatoes with Bordeaux Mixture.
Green manure light soil by sowing mustard seed thinly over the soil, after early crops have been lifted. When you are
ready to dig the plot in winter it will be turned into the ground. It is a good substitute for stable manure on light soil but
should be supplemented with artificials.
Keep the hoe going whenever the weather is dry. |
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