August is the best time to get outside ~ might as well start in your garden!

Divide perennials like hosta, poppy, lily, ornamental grass, and iris. Carefully loosen and lift plant out of ground and separate into smaller parts using a large garden spade. Replant in other areas or give as gifts to neighbors and friends. Doing this helps larger plants that tend to die in the middle.

Add some fall color if you’re ready! Adding mums are an amazing way to add that pop of color late in the summer. They are nectar-rich, attracting a variety of colorful pollinators including migrating butterflies! You can replace worn out annuals with mums and in most climates mums are a perennial.

As the growing season winds down weeds kick into high gear producing thousands of seeds. This is a good time, if you’ve been putting it off, to attack those weeds and be sure to pull them up by the roots.

Time to bring in any outdoor houseplants that may have been vacationing in the backyard. Add some organic fertilizer to set them up for a healthy winter.

Your herbs are at their peak ~ flavor and oils are most intense in late summer. Time to harvest! You can store herbs for later by cleaning, chopping, and placing them in water filled ice cube trays.

Thoroughly enjoy your time outdoors!