We’ve entered the final month of summer, which can be quite a dowdy month in the garden as the initial flush of summer colour begins to fade. But as the sun begins to slip lower in the late summer sky, there are still plenty of jobs to get on with around the garden before the slow descent into autumn. DEADHEAD...

We’re fully in the middle of summer, and earlier splashes of spring colour are something of a distant memory. These have been replaced by vivid annuals and exotic dahlias, whilst our vegetable gardens are starting to show their promised bounty, and the apples on the trees begin to swell. There are still plenty of jobs to do in and around...