Dogs and gardens are a great combination. It gives your dog a taste of the great outdoors, somewhere to get fresh air and exercise, not to mention the opportunity to go to the toilet without needing to go for a long walk. However, there may be an issue with letting your dog urinate on the …
Water and fertiliser are two things any lawn needs to remain healthy. While adding fertiliser is easy enough to do, water can be an entirely different matter. Normally we rely on rainfall to water the lawn but there are parts of the year where this is not possible, typically around summer time when droughts are …
While your grass can survive without any lawn feed, it’s certainly recommended if you want to encourage the healthiest growth possible. With regular feeds, your lawn becomes thicker, fuller, and greener while being less susceptible to weed outbreaks, making it well worth the effort. Plus, feeding a lawn with fertiliser isn’t complex, as you can …
Is your lawn covered in dead patches and you’re wondering what the cause of the problem could be? Browning grass is one of the first signs that there is something wrong, with the browned grass blades eventually dying off and failing to regrow, leading to sparse growth that looks terrible and is an open invitation …
Scarifying is a lawn treatment that you should do at least once a year. It helps to remove organic matter that may be limiting airflow into the soil, will get rid of moss, make it less spongy, and allow more nutrients and water to penetrate deeper into the soil. All of this is highly beneficial …
Regularly cutting grass is the most important task for lawn maintenance. While doing things like aerating, scarifying, and fertilising all contribute to a healthier lawn, none of this will matter if you aren’t implementing a regular mowing schedule. Yes, cutting the grass feels like a chore but when you take the time to mow regularly …
When it comes to lawn maintenance there is no better equipment for the job than a self-propelled petrol lawnmower. The most powerful type of mower available, it’s got more cutting power than any other machine, with the combustion engine inside providing unrivalled cutting power. Mowing becomes much easier, regardless of lawn condition. For instance, thick …
Push lawn mowers are not as popular as they once were, with the manually operated mowers being overlooked in favour on electrical or petrol-powered lawn mowers instead. It’s easy to see why people don’t tend to use push lawn mowers – they lack the power of electric or petrol lawn mowers so surely push mowers …
A lawn scarifier is a gardening tool used to maintain lawns. Although they look like a lawn mower, a lawn scarifier doesn’t cut the grass but instead aerates the soil using teeth, blades, or claws. These dig into the soil and pull out lawn thatch such as grass, moss, and other debris. Doing so helps …
Gtech cordless home and garden power tools are some of the best on the market, with the company producing premium quality lithium-ion batteries that has helped to cement their place in the cordless tool market. Despite only recently releasing a range of cordless garden tools, Gtech are in the process of updating their current line-up, …
