Gardening Tips

Why You Should Take Note of Soil PH

Gardening is a science as much as it’s an art. From the moment you start planning how you want your garden to look and what you want to plant, you need to take things like soil PH into account. In this blog post, we delve deep into everything you should know about soil PH and […]

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The Benefits of Deadheading Your Garden Plants

It’s important to know when to cut back. On your flowers, that is! Deadheading is a common practice designed to keep your plants and shrubs looking picture perfect and encourage proper growth the following year. Read on to find out more about deadheading from Lawnmowers Direct, the lawn care and gardening experts. What is deadheading? […]

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How to Ensure Your Grass Stays Green This Summer

After the hard work you’ve put into your garden in the run-up to summer, it goes without saying that by the time it rolls around, you’re ready to show off your lawn and give your neighbours serious garden envy. But how can you ensure that your lawn is as fresh and green as possible? In […]

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Top 5 Water Saving Tips You Should Follow This Summer

The heat of summer is on the way and as the water dries up from the ground and plants need to be watered on a daily basis, your water bill starts to rise and talk of a hosepipe ban is in the air. However, 2019 could be the year that you change the way you […]

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Easy-Care Plants For The Complete Beginner

Gardening is an exciting new hobby for anyone to begin, but deciding what to plant can be overwhelming when you’re just starting out. While there’s nothing wrong with a bit of ambition, starting small is best while you develop your green fingers. Lawnmowers Direct has put together this guide to the easiest plants for beginner […]

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How to force your branches into bloom this spring

There’s no better sign that spring is here than the blooming of beautiful shrubs, trees and bushes in your garden. Not only to blossoms add a beautiful pop of colour to your garden as it awakens after the cold winter months, but it also provides a food source for all kinds of insects, including bees […]

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Why you should mulch your garden this spring

If you’re an avid gardener, you might have heard the terms ‘mulch’ and ‘mulching’ a few times. You might have even been advised to mulch your own garden! In this blog post we outline what mulch is, types of mulch and why you should apply mulch to your garden this spring. What is Mulching? Put […]

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Gardening New Year’s Resolutions

Lose weight, quit smoking… we’ve all heard the classic new year’s resolution. But as we move into 2019, why not consider what you can do differently in the garden this year? After all, if you’re passionate about gardening, it’s something you’re far more likely to stick to. It’s important not to get stuck in a […]

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Should I Clear Dead Leaves From My Garden?

Although winter is generally considered downtime for gardeners, there are still decisions to be made regarding your lawn’s health that will keep it looking green all year round. Autumn leaves may look pretty swell as they change colour, but once the season comes to a close and they fall to the ground, they’re pretty much […]

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How to Cut a Straight Hedge

A well-manicured hedge can truly define your garden, whether it is in front of your property or at the back. Straight hedges are the hallmark of finesse when it comes to making your home stand out from the crowd, but there are a few things to bear in mind before you get started. We’ve put […]

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How to Care for an Ornamental Lawn

You may not realise it, but there are many different types of lawn. For those without young children or animals who need space to run or play, creating an ornamental law is a highly attractive prospect. However, a beautiful garden doesn’t come without slightly more maintenance. What is an ornamental lawn? Whereas a family lawn […]

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Bee Friendly Plants – How to Attract Bees to Your Garden

Gardens take a lot of looking after. Watering regularly, trimming, weeding… There’s very rarely such thing as a quick fix. However, there is something fairly easy you can do to take your garden to new heights – as well as contribute to the wellbeing of the environment more generally. It is not some magic formula […]

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Upcycled Garden Ideas – 5 Cost-Effective Ways to Freshen Up the Garden

It’s mid-summer, and maybe your garden doesn’t have the life in it that it had a month or two ago, and the garden decorations aren’t exactly inspiring. However, your budget right now just will not stretch to a whole new set of garden furniture with the kids off school and having to keep them entertained […]

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A Guide to Environmentally Friendly Lawncare

A healthy, well-kept lawn is a sight to behold,  but some gardeners aren’t just looking to keep their own gardens green. Eco-friendly lawnmowing is becoming more popular among gardeners, and there are several schools of thought on the greenest way of mowing and caring for a lawn. Fertilisers and Chemicals While fertilisers will help your […]

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Blending Bugs – Some Unusual Gardening Tips that Actually Work

Every gardener develops their own tricks and techniques to use in the garden, and old wives tales are as important a part of the art of gardening as trowels and sun hats. If you’re looking to get more out of your garden or just find uses for common household waste, try these ten unusual (but […]

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The Ultimate Summer Gardening Checklist – 21-30

Couldn’t stay away, could you? We’re well aware that our summer gardening checklist is more tantalising than a Netflix series finale episode, so fear not: here’s the third and final part of the saga. Follow these tips and you’re sure to have the Joneses trying to keep up with you over the coming months.

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The Ultimate Summer Gardening Checklist – 11-20

Couldn’t get enough of the first instalment of our summer gardening checklist? Well, not to worry, because here are ten more tips to keep your garden gorgeous, your backyard beautiful and your terrace looking terrific.

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The Ultimate Summer Gardening Checklist – 1-10

Elevated temperatures and longer days have seen keen gardeners up and down the country tentatively return to their front and back lawns, as the invigorating scent of freshly cut grass once again fills the air – it’s summer. And now that it’s here there are a few things that all green-fingered enthusiasts would do well […]

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10 Best Gardening Apps for Summer

Gardening is a traditional pastime for those who want to get away from screens and computers and enjoy the sunshine (when it comes) for a while, but that doesn’t mean that the gardening world shies away from mobile apps and technology.   We’ve put together the best apps in the business to help you take […]

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Best Websites for Gardeners

There’s a website for everything – and several thousand for most. It can make it a bit of a chore sifting through what’s out there and finding the best places to read up about you hobbies, and for advice which will make your life easier. Gardeners will know that with a topic as big as […]

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Make Your Own Lasagne Bed

Sometimes gardening can seem a bit too much like hard work, but lasagne gardening (also called sheet composting) is perfect if you want to avoid some of the pitfalls. Lasagne gardening is a no till, no dig method that as the word ‘lasagne’ implies is all about the layering. But layering what? Got a few […]

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Your Guide to Weeding in Summer

The summer months are meant to be when your garden flourishes and blooms into stunning arrays of colour and foliage. But not everyone sees their desired results, due to another plant that’s also flourishing in the sunshine – the dreaded weed.

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Your Guide to Summer Lawn Care

Once summer officially arrives, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better spot to enjoy the warm weather than your lawn. Our lawns are the backdrop for barbecues, plush beds for sunbathing and football pitches for a high stakes match. But all of this summer activity can spell trouble for your lawn if the sun-thirsty […]

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Composting Myths

There’s a lot of composting myths floating around the ether. Who knows where they come from, whether they’re excuses, or if they are genuine concerns. Whatever the reasoning, we thought it was time that we put at least some to bed once and for all.

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Getting Started With Compost

Composting can seem a bit daunting if it’s not something you’ve attempted in the past. The good thing is though, it isn’t at all complicated. With so many benefits, it’s something every gardener should consider doing. And wouldn’t you know, you can start your composting any time of the year so there’s no excuses!

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Give Your Shed An Autumn Clear Out

Autumn in the garden is much like springtime in your house – it’s time for a clear out. You’ve been using your garden all summer, and you’ve probably been too busy to think about daft things like organising the shed. So you can continue with wanton abandon next year, give your shed a little bit of a going over now.

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Understanding Thatch

If you’re even a little interested in the goings on of grass, the phrase ‘thatch’ will have popped up at least once or twice. Quite often though, blogs and articles skim over what thatch actually is, and why you might want to keep the levels down.

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Beat The Summer Lawn Drought With An Allett Complete Lawn Care System

The summer is when you’ll most want to use your garden, whether simply relaxing and enjoying the sunshine or hosting a BBQ for friends, relatives and neighbours. But hot, dry summer weather can also leave your lawn stressed and unhealthy, hindering growth or even causing it to go dormant until the autumn. As such it’s […]

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Gardening Resources: A Selection Of The Web’s Finest

There’s a website for everything – and several thousand for most. It can make it a bit of a chore sifting through what’s out there and finding the best places to read up about you hobbies, and for advice which will make your life easier. With a topic as big as gardening there are literally […]

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Honda Mulching Lawnmowers: Treat Your Lawn To The Best

Everybody knows that we should be trying to recycle, what with the looming possibility of environmental catastrophe and all. For most people this simply involves sorting out bottles, cardboard and other packaging for the council to pick up fortnightly. But the green-fingered among us know that recycling encompasses far more than just separating glass from […]

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