Make time to sit outside and savour these last limpid days of summer; it’s been too darn hot,

and in a month it’s going to start getting cold. But right now, it’s just right Article content

In many ways, September is the best time of year to tend a city garden. The heat of high summer has passed, and working outside is a pleasure again. Article content

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The garden is at, or pretty near, its peak. And there are still lots of mild sunny days to go before the cold puts a stop to things. Your September chore list may require a bit more effort than it did last month, but it’s happy work.

You probably won’t need to water quite as much as you did when it was really hot, but unless we get a prolonged late-summer heat wave, your usual once-a-week-or-so soa

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