Lawn Care: Are your mower blades sharp enough?

Now is time to sharpen mower blades with coarse file. (Follow safety rules!) Sharp blades ensure healthy grass. Blunt mower blades leave grass ripped not cut and ragged tips make lawn look less green.

Lawn care: Lower mowing height to summer length now

Grass is starting to grow faster now so you can lower your mower blades to summer height.

Garden Maintenance: Hoe bedding soil and paths to remove seedlings

Plants aren't the only thing starting to grow fast now. This is peak time for weed seedlings, so get your hoe out. Get rid of seedlings now before they become more established and more difficult to remove. Better yet, put down some mulch! 

Garden Maintenance: Stake plants now

Put stakes and other plant supports in before new growth needs them.

Lawn Care: remove 1/3 at a time

Lawn tip: never remove more than one-third of the grass blade at a time when mowing.

Garden Maintenance: Clematis

This is the ideal time to tie in shoots of climbers like clematis. as they will start growing fast soon.

Planting Design: Skimmia, Cornus & Hyacinth

Skimmia, Cornus and Hyacinth make a nice winter-Spring plant combination

Lawn Maintenance and Seeding

Repairing a client’s lawn by scarifying, raking and reseeding. If doing yourself, keep off the grass for 10 days.

North London Garden Maintenance Tips: Wisteria

Now that the ground is warming up it is time to feed your wisteria to get the best flowers.

North London Lawn Care: Scarifying tips

To scarify lawn: go over turf with a spring rake in 2 directions to remove moss. Then fertilise and seed.

Planting Design: Harden off bedding before planting

After buying bedding plants, bring them in at night and put outside on mild days to harden off before planting.

Garden Maintenance: Fix up supports for climbers

Thinking of planting a climber? Make sure supports, like wires and trellis, are fixed up before you buy one.