We all know first impressions last and this is often the case when selling your property. Houses with lovely exteriors sell faster by getting buyers through your door. Planting, turf and a garden tidy up is often one of the most inexpensive ways to improve a home’s exterior. Here are our tips when selling your property: General tidy up – remove any weeds, dead branches, debris and leaves. Cobwebs removed from gutters. If you are pressed for time focus on the borders as this w

Is your lawn changing from luscious green to a depressing yellow or brown? Is growth slowing and Clover starting to take over? It is time to listen to your lawn – it is STRUGGLING The presence of clover often indicates your lawn may be lacking in nitrogen. A lawn lacking in nitrogen is prone to weeds and often clover will take the opportunity as the lawn does not have the defense to fight it off. Here are some simple steps for your to take back your lawn: Increase the nitroge

Tremendous variability exists within each plant species and their tolerance to cold. However, even plants in the correct zone may suffer from cold damage. Sometimes it isn't really the cold temperatures that cause problems, but the fluctuations between warmth and cold. Using plants that are reliably cold hardy and keeping plants healthy during the growing season is the first step in protecting plants from cold damage Frost injury Emerging flowers and leaves are most prone to

Do you have a neighbour you would like to see a little less of? Rather than high fences or lattice dividers, a year round screening can be achieved with property line planting. Some popular options are listed below: Bamboo Bamboo is a fantastic privacy solution for areas of restricted space as it grows up to 6m high without the width. Bamboo does have a bad reputation for spreading beyond control but the new species called ‘clumping bamboo’ doesn’t spread and only clumps