{"id":86,"date":"2008-08-29T16:14:38","date_gmt":"2008-08-30T00:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/?p=86"},"modified":"2008-09-04T14:47:04","modified_gmt":"2008-09-04T22:47:04","slug":"things-to-do-in-the-garden-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/29\/things-to-do-in-the-garden-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to do in the garden in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some reminders of things to do in your garden in August.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"display: none;\" id=\"1220055229566S\">&nbsp;<\/span>Cut back&nbsp; berry vines that have produced fruit.&nbsp; Canes of the current season should be trained in place.<\/li>\n<li>Spider mites are especially prolific during hot, dry weather.&nbsp; Sometimes you don&#8217;t even know how bad&nbsp; the infestation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; is until all your leaves are pale with stippling.&nbsp; Periodically rinse dust and dirt off leaves with water.&nbsp; Spray the undersides of infected leaves with insecticidal soap, switching to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ozonebiotech.com\/neemoil.html\">neem oil<\/a> if they build up a resistance to one of the pesticides.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Start cool season veggies seeds now so they are ready to put in the ground in 6-8 weeks when the&nbsp; weather is cooler.&nbsp; You can start broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, chard, lettuce and spinach seeds in containers.&nbsp; Carrots, onions, peas, beets and radishes can be sown directly in the ground.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>One last to do:&nbsp; Make a journal entry celebrating the best things about your garden this year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"display: none;\" id=\"1220055229524E\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some reminders of things to do in your garden in August. &nbsp;Cut back&nbsp; berry vines that have produced fruit.&nbsp; Canes of the current season should be trained in place. Spider mites are especially prolific during hot, dry weather.&nbsp; Sometimes you don&#8217;t even know how bad&nbsp; the infestation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; is until all your leaves are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/29\/things-to-do-in-the-garden-in-august\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Things to do in the garden in August<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[529],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening-tips","tag-gardening-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}