Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Skip these 4 August garden tasks and you could lose weeks of valuable growing time. August is a critical month in the vegetable garden—and waiting even a couple of weeks can change what you’re able to harvest this season.
I’ll show you what I’m doing now to stay ahead, keep my garden productive, and avoid realizing too late that I should have acted sooner.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 August Garden Tasks NOT to Skip
00:45 Do You Still Have Time to Plant?
02:35 Don’t Wait to Start Your Fall Garden
04:13 Keep It or Pull It? Summer Vegetables
05:35 Feed the Plants Worth Keeping
06:30 Don’t Lose Weeks of Growing Time
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Skip these 4 August garden tasks and you could lose weeks of growing time. This late summer gardening video covers what to do in the vegetable garden in August, when to start a fall vegetable garden, fall planting, first frost and days to maturity, seed starting, soil temperature and seed germination, and how to decide which tomatoes, peppers and other summer vegetables are still worth growing. Perfect for raised bed, container and backyard vegetable gardeners.
Skip these 4 August garden tasks and you could lose weeks of valuable growing time. August is a critical month in the vegetable garden—and waiting even a couple of weeks can change what you’re able to harvest this season.
I’ll show you what I’m doing now to stay ahead, keep my garden productive, and avoid realizing too late that I should have acted sooner.
🍁 SAVE $10 THROUGH 8/31 — Fall Garden Jumpstart Playbook + Seed Bundle
✓Get immediate digital access to the step-by-step Playbook + 16 fall seed varieties, so you know what to plant, when to plant it, and what to do next — without the guesswork.
👉 calikimgardenandhome.com/collections/books/products/fall-garden-jumpstart-playbook-seed-collection-bundle
✓No code needed. Offer ends 8/31/26.
🥦 SHOP SUPPLIES IN THIS VIDEO:
PEST & DISEASE CONTROL
Monterey Lawn & Garden: save 20% with code CALIKIM20 site wide at: montereylawngarden.com
Take Down (for sucking insects): montereylawngarden.com/product/take-down-garden-spray
Amazon: amzn.to/46e
SOIL & PLANT FOOD
Master Nursery Bumper Crop
Potting Mix, Raised Bed, Tomato & Vegetable Plant Food
Find a local garden center: bumpercrop.com/store-locator
Potting mix on Amazon: amzn.to/4cmW4Dw
Plant Food on Amazon: amzn.to/46etdi9
📺 WATCH NEXT
youtube.com/watch?v=jsGKW3h4uQo&list=PLH4z_9MDD00JBj5aZyKxAjApfU7WhiK1L&index=4&t=3s
CHAPTERS
00:00 August Garden Tasks NOT to Skip
00:45 Do You Still Have Time to Plant?
02:35 Don’t Wait to Start Your Fall Garden
04:13 Keep It or Pull It? Summer Vegetables
05:35 Feed the Plants Worth Keeping
06:30 Don’t Lose Weeks of Growing Time
👩🏻🌾Follow us on our new 2nd channel CaliKim UnCut (Behind the scenes of our garden life): youtube.com/@CaliKimUnCut
🗓 CALIKIM GARDEN PLANNER
Create a personalized planting plan based on your location, frost dates, and garden layout.
Start your FREE trial:
calikim.gardenplanner.com
🛒 CALIKIM’S AMAZON GARDEN FAVORITES
AMAZON DISCLOSURE:
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Patio, Lawn & Garden Bestsellers:
amzn.to/3QBsAHB
Plant Support Structures:
amzn.to/3DnVzvw
Seed-Starting Supplies:
amzn.to/30kbmDG
Grow Lights:
amzn.to/2NlY5FB
Garden Tools:
amzn.to/2RiwRRq
📍 CONNECT WITH CALIKIM & CAMERAGUY:
Seed & Garden Shop: calikimgardenandhome.com
Instagram (CaliKim): instagram.com/calikim29
Instagram (CameraGuy): instagram.com/calicameraguy
Facebook: facebook.com/CaliKimGardenandHomeDIY/.
Skip these 4 August garden tasks and you could lose weeks of growing time. This late summer gardening video covers what to do in the vegetable garden in August, when to start a fall vegetable garden, fall planting, first frost and days to maturity, seed starting, soil temperature and seed germination, and how to decide which tomatoes, peppers and other summer vegetables are still worth growing. Perfect for raised bed, container and backyard vegetable gardeners.
