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Essential Gardening for September and October

Having spent most of the year so-far working on your garden you may have thought that during August and September that you can sit back, relax and enjoy the sun within your garden, as your garden blooms with the bright colours of various flowers. Whilst in some respects this is correct, to ensure that your garden remains looking great there are still certain tasks which you’ll need to carry out over the next two months, as outlined below.

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Choosing the Right Mower

Choosing the right lawnmower for your lawn is key to getting it looking great. With so many different options, it can be tricky to figure out which one will work best for you.

There are some things for you to consider when choosing your mower. Once you have answered the following questions, you can proceed to deciding which type of mower will work best for your lawn.

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Summer Gardening

Even though we seem to be experiencing a typical British slow start to the sunny season, I’m sure it is not here to stay. Hopefully come July the temperature will get consistently warmer and your garden will be able to benefit.

In the meantime there are some things you can do ahead of the warmer weather to continue to get the most from your garden.

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Dog Proof Your Lawn

Dog Proof Your Lawn

Right, so you’re off to a great start in getting your lawn looking gloriously green ahead of the summer. Nothing must get in the way of your progress, not even your loyal pal Rover.

If you have a pet dog you might have noticed their urine leaves unsightly, yellow patches on your beautiful green lawn. This is not okay.

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Winter Ready Garden

We are indeed starting to say goodbye to summer. To be fair after its poor performance I am more than happy to help it on its way out. I think it needs to take a long hard look at its 2012 season and ask itself ‘did I really give the great British people a summer they could be happy with?’

Whilst we wait, with bated breath for the cooler months to arrive there are some simple things you can be doing to get your home and garden winter ready.

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Product of the Day

I really like this product. It’s called the Drapers Tools Garden Kneeler and Seat.

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Drapers Tools Garden Kneeler and Seat

If you have even the most fleeting experience with gardening, you’ll know there’s one main occupational hazard: back pain. Even if you’re no grandad, a few hours with the trowel down on hands and knees can mean you really suffer for the next day or so. It’s not very nice.

And that’s where this bad boy comes in:

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An upside down Drapers Tools Garden Kneeler and Seat

Rather than crouching on the cold, hard sometimes even damp ground, you can now kneel or sit on a Draper Tools Garden Kneeler and Seat. I’ve tried one out and it really is a real help – you can weed and plant and aerate to your hearts content. Kneeling is particularly useful for pruning, while sitting works a treat for soil-work.

It’s a great versatile tool, and even has a storage space for your garden utensils, look:

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The Draper Tools Garden Kneeler and Seat’s storage space for garden utensils

I heartily recommend this product to anyone who, like me, has suffered the anguish of waking up the morning after a good gardening session, only to feel like a group of large men are having a tug-of-war with your spinal column. Especially with this sunny looking long weekend coming up.

How to Get the Perfect Lawn

British Summer Time began yesterday. Whilst it meant that the past weekend was the shortest of the year, it also means that spring has well and truly sprung and gardening is firmly back on the agenda. Hopefully when you look out of your back door you now see not a murky and forbidding brown and off-green space, but a slightly unkempt patch brimming with possibility.

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