Dog Days WRVO | By Jim Sollecito Published September 1, 2012 at 4:40 PM EDT Facebook Flipboard LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:03 The 'Dog Days' of summer. Not much more to do in the garden, but the weeding goes on. If your sidewalk or patio cracks are in a weedy pickle, put the gherkin to workin' on the problem. You will relish the results.