Cut back summer blooming perennials for another flush of bloom this fall. Clean up around fruit trees by removing fallen fruit regularly. Pick any old fruit that could harbor pests and diseases. A summer feeding will produce better buds and spring growth next season. Keep picking zucchini, beans, peas and tomatoes often to extend production.
Cucumbers are crisper when picked in the morning hours.
Many garden plants benefit from late-summer feeding. They include begonias, fuchsias, roses, summer annuals, container plants, azaleas, camellias and rhododendrons, landscape trees and shrubs, and house plants. Get going now if you want to have a fall garden that will provide fresh vegetables at Thanksgiving. Sow seeds of carrots, peas, spinach, beets and turnips. Set out starts of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts.