August is the hottest and most tiring month of the year but full of harvests, transplants and blooms. A very special month in water management, in fact, it is necessary to water abundantly in the cool hours of the day. The sowings of August are also very important for continuing the garden even in winter.

As with vegetable garden work, August is also a month of preparation, maintenance and cleaning in the garden. It is good to remove the branches that appear dry and old from the shrubs and hedges, and renew the mulches created to keep the soil moist.

What to sow in August in the vegetable garden and in the garden

We can sow basil, chard, carrot, cauliflower, chicory, onions, endive, fennel, beans, green beans, lettuce, parsley, radish, turnips, rocket, valerian, zucchini in the garden.

While in the Garden it will be possible to admire the luxuriant blooms of begonias, geraniums, petunias, marigolds, calla lilies, gladioli, lilies, dahlias, oleanders ... and also to plant lilies, irises, peonies, alyssos, bluebells and primroses!

This list of vegetables and flowers to sow in August is an indication, based on the climate of central-northern Italy, it is clear that every year the month of August has a different climate from the previous August.

In addition, each area has its own climatic peculiarities: the gardens of northern Italy do not have the same climate as the south, in some areas of the south August is very hot.

How to water in August?

Watering is essential, but don't overdo it! Proceed early in the morning or in the evening after sunset, so the water does not evaporate due to being too hot. It is essential to understand if the plant gets wet enough. To understand it, just touch the soil with your hands: every time it is dry it is time to water.

It is also useful to know that in clay pots the soil dries faster than in plastic ones, so the latter need to be wetted less frequently.

It is better to wet a lot but not every day rather than a little but several times a day: in this way, in fact, the water cannot go deep.