August Gardening Jobs

When the Garden Gets Thirsty and Starts to Wobble

It’s August, you lovely bunch of flower fanciers and plant whisperers!

Summer is still in full swing, but can you sense the subtle shift? A whisper of what’s to come. August can be a slightly bewildering time in the garden. One minute it’s all lushness and languor, the next it’s dry as dust, flopping at the edges and looking suspiciously like it might have peaked early.

The days can still be scorchers, but the light is softer now, and the evenings arrive just a little sooner. I always feel a bit nostalgic in August. It’ll always be the school summer holidays in my bones. Carefree, wandering through baking fields amongst a cacophony of grasshoppers and crickets, exploring cool woodlands under vast green canopies.

Even in the face of a prolonged drought here in the UK, there’s still plenty to enjoy: plenty to eat, pick, prune, and potter with. It’s also a good month to start laying the quiet groundwork for autumn.

(not that I really want to think about that just yet).

Just promise me you won’t forget to pause and soak it all in. Sit and stare. Enjoy the moment. Even in the wilt and wane, there’s so much loveliness.