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We love August

The month of holidays, tan lines and the slightly fading grandeur of our gardens as we sashay our way towards September, and the return to school and proper work. If you have been away somewhere exotic and have just staggered through the door exhausted by poolside cocktails, airports and overtired children, then perhaps this magazine was sitting on your doormat among a slather of bills and flyers. Welcome home – Ihope you had a great break, and are ready for the glut of harvest time in your vegetable garden and the best of the dahlias yet to come

Expert ’s choice

You’re spoilt for choice with these star performers, says Graham Rice

The Full Monty

Rhythm and repetition are part of what makes gardening so rewarding, says Monty. But sometimes we all have to go back to square one…

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PART 3 PEAK HARVEST AND WINTER CROPS

Pots for summer impact

In the final instalment of her summer container series, Arit shows us how to plant up a display teeming with seasonal colour and punch

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Your ultimate CUT FLOWER GUIDE

Bring the garden into your home with Louise Curley’s guide to growing, cutting and arranging homegrown flowers. In this first of a two-part series, she looks at what to snip in the garden, how to condition stems and the best dahlias for the vase

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Keep the show going

How to ensure a vase-full of lasting stems and blooms

How to make your hand-picked dahlia display

Using blooms and foliage from the garden, Louise inspires you to create your own seasonal display

Call of the wild

Wantto try a more natural way of gardening but not sure where to start? Sally Nex explores rewilding on a small scale and offers easy first steps

YOUR PRUNING MONTH

Frances Tophill shows you how to keep borders flowering into autumn and get magnolias in good shape

WHAT TO DO NOW

50 things to do this month from the Gardeners’ World team

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AUGUST Cut back cosmos stems by up to

FLOWERS

Don’t forget Keep camellias well watered in dry

GREENHOUSE

AUGUST STEP BY STEP Take semi-ripe

Start harvesting onions

Use a fork to lift onions, taking care

AROUND THE GARDEN

AUGUST Pull out creeping weeds by hand rather

PLANTS WITH PURPOSE

Height, structure and a serene permanence make trees irresistible, says Carol Klein. The tricky bit? Choosing which one you want…

COOKING UP A TREAT

With hazy, lazy days gliding into balmy August nights, now is the perfect time to cook and enjoy your meals outdoors. Let Adam Frost be your guide as he looks at the very best ways to cook in your garden, from fire pits and barbecues, to stoves and pizza ovens

Gas barbecues

KayMaguire puts gas barbecues to the test to discover the best ones for cooking outdoors

Cooking with gas

Convenience, ease of use and effciency are just a few of a gas barbecue’s many benefts

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How to choose

There’s a huge range of gas barbecues available, offering different features and at varying prices. There’s a lot to consider, so think about the following before you buy

Ways to avoid waste

Nic Wilson looks at how we can garden more sustainably, offering easy, fun and effective steps we can all take to reduce, reuse and make the most of our resources

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT

If gadgets and plastic are mounting up and you’re buying rather then saving gardening kit, try these ideas to give your patch of the planet a green boost

Save your own sweet pea seeds

Sweet peas look and smell wonderful, both in the garden and as cut flowers. These popular annual climbers are easy to grow from seed, but you don’t need to keep buying new packets every year – you can easily save plenty of seeds from your current plants to fill your garden with fragrant colour next year

Make compost quickly and easily

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Fresh from the plot

This month Rekha is basking in the warmth of late summer, as her crops ripen for harvest. Meanwhile, in the kitchen, it’s time to make a batch of deliciously spicy sweetcorn scones

Bounty on a budget

PART 4 Continuing her six-part series, veg growing expert Sally Nex looks at how to pick your crops at just the right time, stay ahead of garden pests, and save seed for next year

Save your own: tomato seed

If you’re growing fruit and veg, you’re growing seeds – and it’s so easy to save them. Follow my guide to get started: all you need is a tomato, a knife and some kitchen roll

Growing guide

Make fnal sowings of leafy crops to harvest this year, and veg for next spring

Q&A

Your questions answered This month 132 Gardeners’ Question

GQT Gardeners’ Question Time

Our experts tackle your gardening problems, including an overgrown cherry tree, a maggot infestation and a very strange pelargonium

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