Rainfall
- 3rd: 0.12"
- 4th: 1.53"
- 5th: 0.58"
- 6th: 0.23"
- 11th: 0.69"
- 12th: 0.98"
- 13th: 0.07"
- 14th: 0.25"
- 15th: 0.38"
- 16th: 0.97"
- 20th: 0.03"
- 28th: 0.17"
- 21st: 0.5"
- 22nd: 0.02"
- 23rd: 0.03"
- 24th: 0.32"
- 25th: 0.01"
- 31st: 0.29"
- Total: 7.17 inches
Temperature
- range of nighttime lows: 55 to 72°F (13 to 22.2°C)
- range of daytime highs: 65 to 92°F (18.3 to 33.3°C)
Weather Notes
- The first was our hottest day, but then rain came and cooled things off for the rest of the month. It was humid, though, so it still felt pretty warm.
- It was nice to have only one super hot month this year instead of our usual two.
Garden Notes
- The summer glut of produce to pick and preserve has wound down.
- Fall planting has started.
- As has seed collecting.
- After each bed is harvested and seeds collected, I'll clean it up and tuck it in for winter.
Planted
- daikons
- lettuce
- turnips
Harvested
- okra
- lambs quarter
- slicing tomatoes
- cherry tomatoes
- pears
- apples
- beets
- parsley
- oregano
- basil
- rosemary
- buckwheat
- asparagus
- elderberries
- bell peppers
- walking onions
- muscadines
- green beans
Preserved
- pear sauce, canned
- tomato sauce, canned
- pear vinegar
- basil, dehydrated
- parsley, dehydrated
- elderberries, frozen
- muscadines, frozen
Photos
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| Okra, Clemson and Jing |
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| Sweet basil |
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| Pears |
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| Pear vinegar |
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| Odd tomato |
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| Late summer asparagus |
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| Muscadine grapes |
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| 1st green bean of the season. I don't know why they're so late! |
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| Green bell peppers |
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| Green peppers, sweet potato vines, and cherry tomatoes in the African keyhole garden |
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| If you look closely at the previous photo you can probably spot the stained glass dragonfly. It was made by our neighbor. |
So, August has been a transition month in good ways, from too hot to tolerably hot, from too dry to plentiful rain, and from busy harvest to winding down the garden. How about you? What's your August been like?
Garden Notes: August 2025 © August 2025
14 comments:
Sweet! Love the dragon talented neighbor generous also!!
Goatldi! I've been wondering how you are and what you're up to. Yes, I really like dragonflies and I really like stained glass, so it's a special little piece of yard art. :)
After plenty of moisture all year thus far, it has started to dry up in August. In fact, I'm not sure it has rained at all. Most years as the garden starts to taper off, I get busy preserving the fruit harvest but our new orchard is still too young to produce much. I did get a box of peaches from a bulk good store and canned and froze them. Chilled peaches out of a canning jar is a nice treat.
Ed, how neat to have a local bulk goods store! Nothing like that here and the nearest real farmers market isn't close enough to be convenient to browse. Our neighbor, though, gifted us with his surplus figs, which was appreciated since we lost our old fig trees and the new ones are still small. That meant canned figs and fig jam for the pantry. Not a lot, but enough for a little variety this winter.
Glad you are enjoying the cooler weather and have had ample rain. Still getting asparagus in summer? Wow! Your garden is so bountiful. I am harvesting a few beans every few days from our remaining green bean plant. (I think the rabbits found the other and the okra.).
I’ve started sowing lettuces, kale, cabbage, broccoli and snap peas, so we’ll see how it goes. The dragonfly is gorgeous!
Have a great weekend!
Daisy, yes, August has been a welcome break from July! I think I'm going to try growing my edible pod peas in the greenhouse this year. They never do as well in the garden in fall as spring, so I'll experiment and see what I get.
Deer tried to demolish our okra. Have you tried Ortho's Deer and Rabbit B-Gone? That and another one packaged as "all animal." They really work and absolutely saved our okra.
Daisy, I forgot to answer your question about the asparagus. For the past two years we've gotten a late flush of growth. It seems to be a response to a long, hot, dry spell. It's definitely welcome!
Leigh, we started hot and are ending warm. That said, the day starts a little later every morning and the trees are starting to turn, so Autumn is coming.
The unexpected heat was a setback for some of my container items. The runners of mint I had all dried up - but thankfully the roots survived and runners are starting to appear with leaves again. My Jerusalem spinach did not a thing this year. Serrano Pepper plant is started to fade, so I suspect I am done for the year with that. I may try and plant for Autumn this weekend.
TB, leaves are starting to turn on your trees? Sounds like you really are on the verge of autumn! We've adjusted our schedule because of shortened daylight, but so other signs of autumn yet. Other than August felt like September.
I think it's a great idea to try some fall planting. Who knows, you may get something to harvest!
The hot temps seem to have broke here thankfully. Aug started out with many days in the high 90's, and drier. But mid month a front stalled out in the area and it's been more comfortable. I got busy helping a friend move and other than a dozen or so Seminole pumpkins and about 5qts of guavas I haven't harvested or planted anything. About 6-7" rain this month. Love that dragonfly! It's gorgeous!
Love your post long time follower such a simple peaceful life yall live.
Annie, sounds like your experience has been similar to ours. And it sounds like you're still getting a good harvest. That's always welcome.
Anonymous, thank you for taking the time to comment! And thank you for your kind words.
My garden only truly came into its production in August. Parts of it are looking a little worse for wear at this point, but I'm hoping it will stay warm enough for my green bean plants to go from all the blossoms still on the vines to beans I can can. I'd be surprised if I've put up 10 pint jars yet. I've had better gardens. Whenever it's done, I think I'll be glad to put it to rest.
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