Karen Bull

Now that you have enjoyed the garden through the summer months it's time to prepare for harsher weather through the winter. There are lots of jobs which will give you a garden which will look neat and tidy through these difficult times and they are best tackled as soon as possible.

Summer is a time to sit out in the garden and enjoy the features that you have created. The beautiful flowers that bloom the well maintained lawn the soothing water features. But, there is still some work to be done to keep all these features looking their best. Don't worry, it's not too much work. Just enough to protect what you have created form the elements. A very hot and dry spell can do a lot of damage to a garden. Here are some tasks which you may need to carry out:

Most of us that have a garden would love to have more time to maintain it. Unfortunately in todays rat race we are quite often too busy to give it the attention it deserves. We want to sit in it, bbq in it and generally enjoy our gardens, but for the elderly or less able and for people who work long hours or for the less green fingered among us, pulling weeds, pruning and grass cutting can be both time consuming and problematic.