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By mid-August, a garden can look settled while quietly preparing for change. Fruit is swelling, seed is ripening, late flowers

By mid-August, a garden can appear settled into summer, yet the living world is already preparing for change. Birds test

By mid-August, a garden can look generous and exhausted at the same time. Herbs are aromatic, seed heads are filling,

August 14 arrives at an intriguing point in the gardening year. Summer is still generous, but the garden has begun

By mid-August, a garden carries two seasons at once. Tomatoes, beans and late flowers are still gathering the sun, while

By mid-August, a garden can look wonderfully abundant and slightly exhausted at the same time. Seed heads are forming beside

By mid-August, summer has begun to reveal what every garden is really made of. Heat exposes shallow roots, dry spells

By August 10, the garden has entered its mature summer phase. Borders are dense with foliage, seed heads are forming

By early August, a garden is carrying both abundance and strain. Tomatoes are ripening, seed heads are forming, insects are

By early August, the garden has begun to reveal what kind of summer it has endured. Lawns may be pale,