August is the month to prepare our gardens for whatever
mother nature will throw at us. Every
year from mid-July to the end of August I become one mean pruning machine. Two reasons, one the wet and hot summer makes
the garden grow like if it was on steroids and the second is that August and
September is the peak season for hurricanes.
I am writing this post while it rains outside, and something is forming
over the Bahamas. The weather people are
telling us that it will be a wet weekend but that there is no chance of tropical
formation as of now, (they been wrong before) but those in the Gulf of Mexico and
mid-Atlantic states need to keep an eye on this no-name storm for next week.
Back to pruning, I am done with my fruit trees and some of
my flowering bushes except for my Powerpuff tree in the front garden. This tree flowers several times each year and
this month is full of flowers. The
Powerpuff flowers are very popular with bees and butterflies, so I will wait.
These white orchids are in full bloom, the plant is getting bigger every year and looking better.
Bromeliads are the only plants I have that love our hot and wet summer.
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