With this flower, the better the soil, the more foliage it will produce but at the expense of flowers. It is one of those summer flowering plants that is so easy to raise from seed that makes it so popular.
There are types that climb for covering fences etc, trail for use in hanging baskets and dwarf ones for use as ground cover. Now there is even a variety with variegated foliage.

Make a note for next year: it will thrive in impoverished soil, so for the best flowering – no feeding! For the technical gardner its proper name is Tropaeolum majus.

Cutting grass is still a major part of garden work over the next few weeks but what should be avoided is giving the lawn a 'short back and sides'. For many people scalping the grass is a way they look at less work but it is the quality and look of the lawn that will suffer.
Certainly in the past couple of months it has been difficult to fit in cutting between all the rain (especially people working all day and with only evenings and weekends free).

The best way is not to let it get too long then it is an even bigger job. Cutting on a weekly basis makes it much easier; leave it until it is too long and it becomes an unwanted chore. While on the subject of cutting grass, a reminder, more directed to women. Wearing open-toed shoes or sandals is dangerous when using a hover or rotary cutter.

What should also be avoided is walking backwards, cutting up a slope, and it must be remembered that even though you have released your grip, the blade is still rotating for a while afterwards.

One last point when working with lawn equipment, rewinding a strimmer or removing grass or debris from around blades should not be done while connected to electricity supply. Hanging baskets are invariably set against a doorway or wall. It is best to turn them round occasionally so that all the plants are exposed to full light and grow evenly unrestricted.