Maintaining a parterre or knot garden Maintaining a parterre or knot garden in spring is essential for ensuring its structure, beauty, and health throughout the growing season. These formal gardens, characterized by symmetrical patterns and low hedging, require specific care… Continue Reading →
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Strimming deep dive. Strimming: Why and How to Keep Your Garden Tidy This Spring Strimming—trimming with a line trimmer or strimmer—is an essential gardening task in the UK, especially from March to May when growth kicks into high gear. It… Continue Reading →
Strimming. Strimming (or trimming with a line trimmer/strimmer) is a key gardening task, especially in the UK between March and May when growth accelerates. It complements mowing and hand-weeding, keeping your garden neat and healthy. Here’s a detailed list of… Continue Reading →
March to May to Do List. Gardening in the UK between March and May is an exciting time as spring kicks into gear. The weather starts to warm up, days get longer, and plants begin to wake up after winter…. Continue Reading →
Pruning fruit trees in spring. Pruning fruit trees in spring is a key practice for maintaining their health, productivity, and shape. Here’s a list of reasons why you should prune in spring, followed by a guide on how to do… Continue Reading →
Seasonal Lawn feeds. – what should you give to a lawn and when Feeding your lawn with the right fertilizers at the right times is key to keeping it healthy, lush, and resilient year-round. The type of feed and… Continue Reading →
Mowing a lawn. Mowing a lawn correctly is about more than just keeping it looking neat in the short term—it’s an investment in the long-term health of your grass, soil, and overall yard ecosystem. Here’s a detailed guide on how… Continue Reading →
Stihl FR 460 TC. The Stihl FR 460 TC is a professional-grade, backpack-style brushcutter designed for heavy-duty landscaping and forestry work, particularly in challenging terrains like steep slopes, banks, or overgrown areas. The FR 460 TC is a gas-powered machine… Continue Reading →
A hori hori is a versatile, multi-purpose gardening tool that originated in Japan. Its name comes from the Japanese word “hori” (ホリ), meaning “to dig,” and “hori hori” is an onomatopoeia mimicking the sound of digging. Often called a “Japanese… Continue Reading →
Aeration. Aeration is the process of creating small holes in your lawn’s soil to loosen it up, improve airflow, and let water and nutrients reach the grass roots more effectively. Over time, soil can get compacted from foot traffic, heavy… Continue Reading →
Thatch removal. Often done through scarifying, is the process of clearing away the layer of dead grass, roots, moss, and organic debris that builds up on your lawn’s surface, just above the soil. This layer, called thatch, can get thick… Continue Reading →
Do it at the right time (like early spring or autumn when the grass is active but not stressed), and you’ll see the difference in no time. scarify and aerate? Scarifying and aerating your garden lawn can do wonders… Continue Reading →
Dear SOTG can you… Can you Spray for moss; yes we can do that. Can you clean up mole hills; yes we can do that. Can you mow the lawn; yes we can do that. Can you Stripe the lawn;… Continue Reading →
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