22 December 2020
Grow your own jobs for August
There can almost be too much to harvest in August, especially tomatoes and runner beans. At the plot, watering is a priority and there's veg you can plant for now for crops later in the year.
In this article
What to do in August
Greenhouse
- Keep picking cucumbers
- Harvest tomatoes
- Sow carrots for a treat next year
- Water and feed peppers
Outdoors
- Water if the weather is dry
- Watch out for blight
- Harvest maincrop potatoes
- Make compost
- Tidy up strawberry plants
- Plant winter brassicas
- Pick sweetcorn
- Deal with gluts
The rest of the garden
Read our guide to gardening jobs for August.
Grow your own monthly jobs
- 1.Grow your own jobs for January and February
- 3.Grow your own jobs for April
- 4.Grow your own jobs for May
- 5.Grow your own jobs for June
- 6.Grow your own jobs for July
- 7.Grow your own jobs for August
- 8.Grow your own jobs for September
- 9.Grow your own jobs for October
- 10.Grow your own jobs for November and December

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