• A dust mulch created by keeping your hoe and cultivator going, is said to conserve moisture.
• All catalogue orders for bulbs to plant this fall, should be placed now.
• Any time now, you can start dividing tall bearded Iris.
• Be sure to keep tomato plants well mulched.
• Continue your fruit tree and roses spray schedule.
• Cut and hang strawflowers and Lavender for winter bouquets.
• Cut back unweildy new growth spurs on Pyracantha to keep plants shapely.
• Delphiniums that are through flowering should be cut back to prevent seeding, and encourage fall blooms.
• Dust Phlox and Delphinium to prevent mildew.
• Evergreen hedges can be sheared any time now.
• Feed Fuchsias to brighten their flowers and leaves.
• If drought occurs, trees and shrubs should be watered weekly.
• Keep picking spent flower heads off annuals to continue their length of bloom.
• Keep roses well watered.
• Last call to take hardwood cuttings from shrubs for rooting in a sand-peat mix.
• Last planting of Sweet Corn should definitely be planted by now.
• Late cabbage, cauliflower, celery, kale and brussels sprouts can be set out now.
• Lawns should not be cut short over the hot, dry summer months.
• Inspect Lilacs and Peach trees for borers, spray if any are found.
• Madonna Lilies should be planted with no more than 2 inches of soil covering them.
• Move hammock under the shade tree...
• Oriental Poppies can be moved now or roots can be dug up and cut into pieces for more plants.
• Overgrown Mockorange can be rejuvenated by cutting old canes to the ground.
• Perennials such as Fall Aster, Helenium and Phlox benefit from having the weaker stems cut away, at the base.
• Pinch terminal shoots on mums to encourage branching.
• Prepare soil in the spots where new evergreens are to be planted.
• Prune espalier fruit trees for proper shaping.
• Roses will greatly benefit from a weekly feeding of manure water.
• Shear off the flower heads of Candytuft and Creeping Phlox.
• Sow Beets and Carrots in the vegetable garden now for winter use.
• Species tulips can be lifted now; dry and keep them in a cool, dry place; replant in November.
• Spray potatoes every three weeks with fungicide to defeat the blight.
• Stake Dahlias; reduce the number of stems to three or four and pinch back lateral shoots.
• Start spraying or dusting Roses against Black Spot.
• Strawberries can be planted now for next year's crop.
• The open season for slaying crab-grass has begun.
• Tie your Clematis and other vines, as new tendrils grow and reach upward.
• Use Sevin to control Japanese beetles on Roses and fruit trees.
• When onions begin to get large, you can increase their size by bending the top over the bulb.
