August Tasks

Make sure you arrange for someone to pop in keep an eye on the greenhouse and veg plot if you are off on holiday. They will also need to check any veg that needs picking, such as runner beans and squashes.
Keep working with the hoe when the weather is warm enough.
Keep picking those sweet peas and remove seed pods if they form.
Continue to dead-head spent flowers, especially those of summer bedding, hanging baskets, and any remaining late flowering roses.
Start cutting hedges towards the end of the month. We start out yew hedges just before the August Bank Holiday
Continue collecting the seed from those annuals etc that you’d like to save.
Check tree ties and stakes for rubbing or constriction.
Now is a good time to start taking semi ripe cuttings of fuchsias, penstemon, pelargonium, salvia etc
Continue keeping an eye on fish ponds, and run aeration pumps during hot weather