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Home & Garden Year Calendar Home & garden in August: 6 jobs worth doing now
What to do in August for your home, garden and energy: Sow for autumn, Arrange holiday watering, Install a wallbox before autumn and more – with guides.
- 🥕 Sow for autumn
Sow lamb's lettuce, spinach and radishes – they grow well into autumn.
Guide → - 💧 Arrange holiday watering
Drip irrigation or neighbours – raised beds can't go a week without water.
Guide → - 🔌 Install a wallbox before autumn
Electricians often have shorter waiting times in late summer than in winter.
Guide → - 🪵 Renew your floors
Dry air and open windows: ideal for laying laminate.
Guide → - 🧊 Sleep cool without AC
Darken the bedroom by day, cross-ventilate at night – a fan uses far less power than AC.
- 🌻 Save seeds
Dry seeds from beans, marigolds and tomatoes and keep them for next year.