Lawns need vigorous growth to look their best, and dead grass, moss and weeds need to be teased out to allow light and nutrients to penetrate the roots. Years ago this was a back-breaking task using a tined rake but modern scarifiers make this a much easier job and mean lawns can be cleaned out Read more ...
Lawns are not exactly looking their best at the moment with prolonged wet and cold weather leading to slow growth and huge amounts of moss and dead grass. And grasses which at the current time are usually showing signs of vigorous growth are looking decidedly sick. So this year more than ever lawns need special Read more ...
Nothing shows off a perfect lawn better than neat straight edges and often the way these are achieved is with a sharp spade and an old scaffold board. And then there is a fair amount of shoveling needed to get them neat. Modern lawn edgers can take all the hassle away from this essential task Read more ...
Grass has few enemies but one is moss. And this winter it has really got grips with some lawns, killing and engulfing healthy plants. Before serious mowing begins, moss needs to be destroyed and teased out and the Einhell BG-SC 2240P Petrol Lawn Scarifier is an excellent machine for achieving this. Benefiting from German engineering Read more ...
Spring is nearly upon us heralding the busiest time in the gardening year. If you leave simple tasks undone at this time of the year you’ll be playing catch-up until the first leaves fall from the trees. So to help tackle the host of jobs on hand we have compiled a list of ten simple Read more ...
Christmas draws ever closer, but there’s still time to get that last minute gift that any gardener will appreciate. For instance the Oleo-Mac OM2000E Electric Chainsaw is a lightweight machine which has a hundred and one uses around the garden like taking down overhanging branches and small trees and saplings and then sawing them up Read more ...
Those searching for evidence of a healthy manufacturing business in the UK should take the small, country road to Hixon in Staffordshire where, on an unassuming and pleasantly situated industrial estate, they will find the factory and offices of Allett, manufacturers of high-quality, cylinder lawn mowers. Allett’s story starts in 1965, when Reg Allett created Read more ...
There’s far more to the perfect lawn than just keeping it trimmed, it needs to be kept weed and debris free, aerated to allow nutrients to get to the roots and fertilized to promote vigorous growth. So here are ten top tools from our site to keep the lawn looking good growing well throughout the Read more ...
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