If you are in the process of clearing your garden and starting to panic about all the rubbish and garden waste that is being created and what to do with it then please read on. Here is a quick guide to clearing your garden effectively and efficiently, saving on time and costs: Separate your greens… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Garden Maintenance
What Gardening Maintenance is required in Winter?
There are always plenty of maintenance jobs to do in the garden and winter is no exception to that. Let’s take a quick look at some of the jobs you can be doing over the next couple of months: 1. General repairs to fences, sheds and garden buildings 2. Cleaning foot paths of algae and… Read more »
What can I do with my excess leaves?
Rather than bagging up all those autumn leaves here are a few practical tips about how you can make use of those fallen leaves and benefit your garden at the same time: Use them for compost – leaves are great for adding to your compost material. They provide a rich high-carbon material which adds to… Read more »
What gardening work can you do through the winter months?
You’d be surprised how much gardening work there is to do during winter. Just because the grass has stopped growing doesn’t mean you can put your feet up. Far from it, there’s a big list of things you can be getting on with. For example: General garden clearance – removing leaves, branches, twigs, debris etc… Read more »
The ideal plants to lay in May and June
In order to get the most out of your garden and to have it looking in peak condition, it pays to have a plan. Knowing what you should be planting and when is all part and parcel of this so over the next couple of months here are a few recommendations: Planting for May Hopefully… Read more »
Lawn Preparation for Summer
That’s the thing with gardening. You always need to be thinking ahead to what needs doing and preparing the way for the next season. With that in mind, now’s a good time to start preparing your lawn for summer. Spring may only have just started but there’s no time like the present to get your… Read more »
Transforming a Neglected Garden
If you’ve neglected your garden for a while or have just bought or inherited a house where the garden needs a lot of TLC then what lies in store is a project that will keep you occupied for many a week to come! Your first reaction might be a fairly dramatic one i.e. get a… Read more »
Tips for looking after your garden in stormy weather
With the recent spate of stormy weather that has hit the UK it seems timely to write a few tips about how to look after your garden in stormy weather. With the rest of January, February and March to get through before hopefully April brings more spring-like weather there is still plenty of time for… Read more »