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Spring cleaning your garden

1st April 2019

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As the warm weather emerges and all the signs of Spring make their appearance, cleaning may be the last thing on your mind. Spending time outside and in your garden can only be made possible, however, with some outdoor cleaning and straightening up. Before the fun of summer hits, before the blazing heat and aridity arrive in full-force, make your garden as tidy and dazzling as possible with these spring cleaning tips.

Garden spring cleaning tips

Gardening and lawn care is what essentially makes the exterior of a home beautiful. Ensuring that you have the right garden tools to hand will make the task of spring cleaning your garden much easier.

Looking after your lawn

The beautification of your lawn and/or garden is perhaps the most important part of Spring cleaning. A clean garden begins with a tidy, kept lawn. Begin by removing clusters of leaves or trash that can be lying around the garden. Pull weeds that might be taking over the lawn or garden.

Clear debris

If your bulb flowers aren’t growing, new bulbs might be needed. Pick up twigs, fallen branches, and deadwood. Saw off dead tree branches if necessary. If you see that shrubs aren’t blooming or their roots have uprooted, they will need to be pulled and replaced. Pull out the lawn equipment – lawn mower, edger, and weed-whacker – and get back into the spirit of lawn maintenance.

Nourishment

Fertilisation is also necessary for both Spring and Autumn. As soon as the warm weather is a mainstay, fertilize your lawn as completely as possible. Using a nitrogen-rich fertiliser-compost mixture is recommended for best results. May is the best month to create your summer garden. From planting beautiful flowers to fruits and vegetables, the soil should be adequately tilled and fertilised.

Pruning

Pull out the watering can and take a wander around the garden. Watering plants that need a little extra attention. As well as noting which shrubs will need to be trimmed (a helpful tip for that – to make clean-up a breeze, place sheets underneath the shrubs; when you prune the shrub, the buds will fall into the sheet and allow for an easy move to the compost bin).

Water plants

Ensure to water your plants once a day (unless it rains), and make sure to plant in a sun-lit area. Hanging baskets and flowers around the tree and mailbox are great ideas, but make sure not to overdo it. Simplicity will allow for a gorgeous yard (and therefore an envious neighbourhood).

Win a Haws Classic Copper Watering Set 

To kick start your garden spring cleaning, Farrar & Tanner has kindly offered a Haws Classic Copper Watering Set to giveaway to one lucky reader.

Prize: Haws Classic Copper Watering Set

To enter simply complete the Gleam widget below, all entries are optional and each one completed will gain you more entries into the random draw.

Haws Classic Copper Watering Set (AFFT)

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    Haws Watering Can

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    Opinel 3 Piece Gardeners Colourful Box Set

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    Haws leather bucket bag

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    Haws leather bucket bag

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    I love their Provenance Co. Cornish Hand-made Trug

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    The leather bucket bag

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    I like the Burgon & Ball Sophie Conran Hand Rake. It would be so useful instead of having to dig the soil in my planter over.

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    Opinel 3 Piece Gardeners Colourful Box Set looks great.

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    Burgon & Ball Garden Planting Line

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    Their gardening gloves look sturdy and practical – very useful.

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    Mist Sprayer – 300ml / Brass

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    I love The Cornish Handmade trug

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    I love the Opinel pocket saw

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    I love the Burgon & Ball RHS Classic Pruning Knife Gift Set

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    I love the Cornish handmade trug

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    The indoor watering can

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    I love the Opinel 3 Piece Gardeners Colourful Box Set 🙂

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    I do like the Cornish handmade trug

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    I’m with you, I think the trugs are my favourite, although I do like the sage watering can a lot too.

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    I Really Like The Opinel 3 Piece Gardeners Colourful Box Set

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    planting line would be perfect

  • Diana 29th April 2019 at 9:47 PM

    Leather gardening gloves! 🙂

  • Su Brett 30th April 2019 at 1:52 AM

    Haws Classic Leather Bramble Gauntlets – they would have been SO useful this week!

  • Maureen M 30th April 2019 at 6:55 AM

    Love the pocket saw – so useful!

  • Vivien Taylor 30th April 2019 at 7:09 AM

    the hefty PKS Bronze
    Corvus Weeder, so useful.

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    Love the bronze trowel

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    Cornish handmade trug.

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    I love the Cornish handmade trug.

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    Great Products, and prize

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    I love the Cornish trug 🐴

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    I really like this:
    Burgon & Ball Natural Wooden Trug – Medium

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    Love the natural wooden trugs; never want to dirty them though!

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    I love the Burgon & Ball RHS Classic Pruning Knife Gift Set

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    I like the graphite watering can

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    Bronze hand tools

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    The pocket pruning saw would be so useful round the garden!

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    I like the Le Secateur Gardening Pruner

  • Susan Fraser 30th April 2019 at 7:21 PM

    The Burgon & Ball Sophie Conran Galvanised Trug is lovely and would be so useful for transporting hand tools around the garden

  • Jade P 30th April 2019 at 8:19 PM

    I love the Sophie Conran Hand Rake!

  • Tammy Neal 30th April 2019 at 8:26 PM

    Opinel 3 Piece Gardeners Colourful Box Set x

  • Ruth Wollerton 30th April 2019 at 8:54 PM

    I love everything especially the funky trugs xxx

  • Christine Hobbs 30th April 2019 at 9:03 PM

    the Burgon & Ball Small Leather Handled Topiary Shears would be so handy

  • Janine H 30th April 2019 at 10:33 PM

    Leather gardening gloves are something I’m seriously thinking about buying to protect my sensitive skin

  • Natalie Crossan 30th April 2019 at 11:09 PM

    The indoor watering can

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