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Lawn Care and Lawn Feed Plan for The Year

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Caring for a lawn, seeding, feeding and weeding. Lawn Care tasks throughout the year. A nice Summer weekend, a barbeque outside, enjoying your lawn. The hot weather and increased foot traffic are likely to leave your lawn in need of a little care and attention. The evening after a hard days use is the right time to get out the lawn spreader and hose out, and perhaps re-seed any worn areas of grass. A good lawn spreader will make the task of feeding your grass quick and easy and ensures you broadcast the right amount of fertiliser to nourish your…

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Gardening With Children, The Do’s and Don’ts

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 The Summer season is right around the corner. You maybe considering gardening with children well in a few weeks, the trees will be in full leaf, butterflies will be flying overhead and you’ll smell the freshly cut grass. Now would be the perfect time to start working on your garden and introduce your children to the importance of gardening. Firstly always supervise your children when they are in the garden. Your garden is prone to all kinds of dangerous hazards and the last thing we would want is your child injured. What Not To Do It’s essential that when you’re…

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Should I Water My Lawn and How Often?

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The past weekend we experienced was the perfect weather for gardening and the best time for you to mow and water your lawn. The watering of lawns is a controversial subject within the gardening community. Each gardener will have their owned preferred techniques and methods when it comes to watering their lawn. Some will say you shouldn’t water your lawn and others say you should. So who do you believe? The Case For Not Watering Your Garden Watering your lawn isn’t required. Researchers have shown that it isn’t a necessity to water your lawn. The grass is different from any…

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Our Top Summer Season Gardening Tips

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Can you believe we have had the hottest early May Bank Holiday since records began? With temperatures creeping into the low 30’s here in the Midlands, it has been a wonderful weekend for gardening. So while the hot weather is still here we may as well run down our summer season gardening tips. Summer Season Gardening Tips Be Water Wise With temperatures reaching 30°C over the bank holiday weekend it’s essential that you be water wise! Your soil beds are going to become dry. Help your soil bed retain water by watering them early in the morning for optimum results. This…

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