Enter the Washington Post's Gardening Calendar.
For August, the tasks at hand are:
- Order spring bulbs
I've looked longingly at the bulbs available at Dutch Gardens. Especially the double daffodils... - Conduct lawn soil test
This is a "husband task" as the lawn is his baby. - Cut back perennials/freshen garden
Hmph. Maybe I'll do that next weekend. Most of my perennials are still looking OK. Plus, by then, I think I'll be able to remove some spent tomato plants. - Pull up clumps of crabgrass
Done! Kinda. The husband started to do this, but then got stung by a bee. Sooo...
We at Washington Gardener Magazine have a monthly local garden task list to - online as part of our Enewsletter - see here:
ReplyDeletehttp://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2009/08/eat-your-weeds.html
or directly here:
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/4FaNSnN0YUm73rEeOB3aHpmGEY8VfdHYLawJz4qRHHTazVslpfQV5V67hoVGYADItUzJjAXrL50euTIPhO7rkQ/WGenews-aug09.pdf
I thin you may find it a bit more updated (aka modern) and thorough.