1st Class Gardens

With the warmer weather already on the way, many gardens that have been left unattended through much of the winter have started to get some attention. One of the first things people do as spring starts is to mow the lawn. Try and mow your lawn on a dry day when it has had a chance to dry out. If it has recently rained or is still wet from the dew that has formed overnight then you will often find that your lawn mower will get clogged up with damp grass and the mower can damage the grass by getting sunk in the soil. Have a good tidy round your garden chucking away any furniture that cannot be saved and give toys a good wash if they have been outside... Continue reading

If you are lucky enough to have apple or pear trees in your garden, you may appreciate the fruit that you can collect, come the summertime but you do need to do some maintenance to ensure that they keep bearing good quality fruit. Trees that are not pruned become less productive and congested with old branches. Ideally, you want to achieve an open goblet shaped tree that has 4 or 5 main branches. Pruning is often done differently for newer trees (less than a couple of years old) to how you prune older ones. It is important that when pruning a tree you know what you are doing as if done incorrectly you could damage or kill the tree. If you are in any doubt then you may wish to... Continue reading