Garden Maintenance

• Recut any lawn edges if necessary.
• Install lawn edging to make future maintenance easier.
• Mow your lawn if it needs it. Choose a dry day and set your blades higher than usual.
• Lay new turf if the ground isn’t frozen or waterlogged.
• Prepare soil for growing new lawn from seed. Doing this now allows it time to settle before sowing.
• Install a new pond or water feature. Read up on how to plant up a pond to create a successful and attractive garden feature.
• Remove any pond netting left over from the autumn/winter.
• Get rid of slimy patches on patios and paving by scrubbing with a broom or blasting with a pressure washer.
• Install water butts for the season ahead. Position them under a downpipe to make the most of rainfall.
• Scrub watering cans with hot soapy water to prevent fungal diseases.
• Build a compost bin before the growing season gets underway. If you already have one, check to see if there is any compost ready to use on vegetable beds. Move bags of compost into the greenhouse to warm up for a week or two before using for sowing.
• Create a comfrey bed to make your own organic fertiliser. Sow into a seedbed in an unused corner of the garden.
• Invest in a soil-testing kit if you don’t already know what type of soil you have. It will help you choose the right plants for your garden.
• Top up veg planters and raised beds with compost and good quality topsoil.
• Begin weeding as the weather warms — it’s easier to control weeds if you remove them while they’re still young.
• Check containers to ensure the soil hasn’t dried out.
• Top-dress containers by removing the top 1 inch of soil, and replacing it with fresh compost.
• Start ventilating greenhouses and cold frames on warm sunny days. Don’t forget to move plants from the greenhouse to a cold frame for at least 7 days before planting out into the garden. This allows them to harden off.
• Give your garden shed a spring clean before the sowing season really kicks off - you won’t regret it!

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• Order annual bedding plants now, ready for beautiful containers and hanging baskets this year.
• Order fruit trees for planting this spring. If space is limited in your garden try growing dwarf fruit trees.
• Buy vegetable plants for a hassle-free start to your vegetable garden.
• Sort your seeds by sowing date, month by month. Start a sowing and growing diary to keep track of which seeds you are sowing and when they were sown — it really helps later in the year.

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