Charlyne Mattox for Country Living

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To be honest, this past July, I did the absolute bare minimum in my garden. Between the heatwaves and high humidity, it was just too dang hot to spend much time outside. I think I only mowed the lawn once—and to be fair, it didn’t need much more than that because we barely got any rain for most of the month. I deadheaded flowers about once a week, mostly the ones I could reach easily, and watered the garden only as much as I could tolerate.

But now that we’re into August and the weather is beginning to ease up, I’m feeling much more motivated to get out there. Here are the main garden tasks I’ll be focusing on this month to keep every

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