August · what to do this week

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The almanac · August

What your garden needs this month

Outdoors: Keep up watering and deadheading. Trim lavender lightly once the flowers fade to keep it compact.

Indoors: Going away? Group plants somewhere bright but sunless and water well before you leave.

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