I have quite an impressive "to do" list right now and was able to mark a few off today; do the filing, buy some compost, paint a little table white, sort out my walk-in dressing room, clean and pack all the kitchen utensils and taking pics for this post. What a day and a great start to this week, it feels like Wednesday already and it's only Monday!
Pic for filing
Pic for compost
Pic for little white table
Pics wic
Pic of kitchen utensils holder
August is when the first sign of spring arrives in the garden. Fresh shoots start emerging and your garden starts readying itself in anticipation of the coming months. My Monkey-tail cactus is already sporting her first flower, very early in the season.
The weather is changing from the cool of late winter to warmer days and nights. It's been a short winter this year and not as cold as it usually is here. I have the feeling it will be a long hot summer.
A little extra help and encouragement such as a layer of mulch and fertiliser will not go amiss and is a perfect way to prepare your garden for the burst of growth and activity that will erupt throughout the spring months. But there is still a wrist of frost, especially here where I live, so I won't be cutting all the dead stuff until I'm quite sure that it has really warmed up.
August is a great time to plant spring and summer annuals :
Pansies
Petunias
Lobelias
Dianthus (sweet William)
Begonias
Gazanias
Alyssum
Calibrachoa (million bells)
Indigenous plants are always in fashion because they save water, grow well in our environment, are fast growing and colorful. These are just a few that you can get from your local garden centre:
Vygies
Osteospermums
Nemesias
Diascias
Gazanias
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