Gardening is a popular pastime for many Brits, with many likely spending hours in the sun in the weeks and months ahead.
Winter has passed, and during spring, it is time to start preparing your garden for the summer.
Retailer High Street TV has several products to help, from a garden hand tool kit to a patio cleaner and grass collector, they could come in handy when you are out in the garden.
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Plus, experts have given some advice on the best ways to prepare your garden for summer.
How to get your garden ready for summer – 5 expert tips
Need tips and tricks when it comes to getting your garden ready for summer? Experts at Love The Garden have the following advice:
Loving your lawn
Re-sow any poor patches, aerate them to encourage root growth, and scratch them with a wire rake to allow light and water to reach the soil.
Do not mow less than 1cm off your grass as it can lead to a less healthy-looking lawn.
Banishing weeds
In the lead-up to summer, you want your garden looking its best, so removing weeds is key.
Removing the most common lawn weed, Trifolium repens, the white-flowering clover, can help with the previous advice and lead to a better-looking lawn.
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Clearing out the shed
The garden experts have given a good method to help do this, by following these steps:
- Remove everything from your shed.
- Sort all items into groups of ‘keep’ and ‘don’t keep’.
- Throw or give away everything in the ‘don’t keep’ group.
- Think about what you have left in comparison to the size you shed, and be ruthless about what to keep if you still have too much.
- Clean the inside of the empty shed.
- Place the remaining items back in the shed in a sensible, organised order.
Cleaning the summer essentials – barbecue and summer furniture
If you have stored your barbecue away for the winter, it will likely just need a spring cleaning by dusting it down and removing rust.
It is recommended to remove cushions from outdoor seating during winter, but if you forgot, clean them ahead of summer.
Paint and treat the fence
Before summer comes, it is a great idea to give your fence a revitalised look of colour and health.
You could paint it or use treatment to provide the extra protection it needs from those hot sunny days.
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How to get your garden ready with these High Street TV products
Yard Force 4V VITA Garden Hand Tool Kit – £89.99
Described as the “ultimate tool kit”, it can help with various gardening task, including trimming, shaping and pruning to weeding and planting with ease.
The kit comes with a VITA cordless pruner, VITA cordless grass/hedge Shear, hand trowel, fork and a cultivator, as well as a toolbox, VITA 4V battery and USB charging cable.
Buy your Yard Force garden hand tool kit online.
Yard Force Cordless Patio Cleaner (LW CPC1) 20V – £134.99
You can bring your tired-looking patio, decking or driveway back to life in no time with this cleaner.
With a 20cm cleaning width and forward and backward rotation, the brushes can get right into the smallest of corners to remove weeds and debris.
You can also connect it to your hosepipe and use with water for an extra deep clean.
Buy your Yard Force cordless patio cleaner online.
KLEVA Comfort Ergonomic Garden Tools – £19.99
These four ergonomically designed tools with 90-degree handles make gardening much easier.
The kit includes a tough trowel, fast fork, comfy cultivator and gardening weeder
Buy your KLEVA ergonomic garden tools online.
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Garden Force Leaf Chief – Push Leaf and Grass Collector – £89.99
Leaves can be a pain when trying to keep your garden prestine but this collector makes quick work of fallen leaves.
Just walk the Leaf Chief across your lawn and let it do the hard work for you, acting like a vacuum for your garden.
It has specially designed bristles that reach out and grab leaves, scooping them into the attached bag.
Let us know in the comments if these tools help you get your garden ready for summer.
