Easy Ways to Keep Your Garden Healthy

Did you know it’s possible to keep your garden healthy by spending just one afternoon working in it each weekend?

By setting aside one afternoon, you can take on a small project that makes a big difference in how your garden looks.

Just think, after two or three afternoons, your garden will be in top shape in no time!

Here are a few easy ways on how you can keep your garden healthy.

Give the lawn a well needed trim

One of the easiest ways you can spruce up your garden is by mowing the lawn.

We all need a good trim from time to time and our lawns are no different.

Not only will it look healthy but you'll find the grass will look greener and fuller too.

Need more info on cutting your lawn? HSS DIY has got you. Read our blog full of tips on how to mow your lawn professionally.

You could also cut long, overgrown grass with a petrol brush cutter strimmer, which can help reach those hard to reach places.

Keep the hedges looking sharp

During the warmer months, your garden hedges grow faster as the sun is out for longer.

To keep hedges & shrubs looking their best, get your hedge trimmer out and clean up your shrubs and bushes.

How you cut them is up to you - straight or rounded, choose whichever style you like. They are your hedges after all.

At HSS DIY, we have several petrol & electric trimmers available to buy if you don't already have one as part of your tool collection.

Weeding is needed

Another easy way you can keep your garden healthy is by keeping it weed free.

It's no secret that weeds are pests!

They pop up everywhere, all year round.

If you leave them to continue to grow, you'll find your garden has been taken over!

How can you get rid of weeds? We hear you yelling. Don't worry, HSS has got you.

You can buy a range of weedkillers that can kill various weeds at their roots so that they don't grow back.

We also have garden hand tools such as patio weeders, trowels, hand forks & gardening gloves to help you pull out weeds if you'd prefer to not use chemicals.

Don't forget feeding time

Another great option for keeping your garden healthy is using fertilisers and composts. Although they are both used for feeding, they both have different purposes.

Fertilisers are used by many gardeners to provide nutrients directly to plants to grow.

Compost is used to improve soil health, slowly releasing all the good stuff it needs.

You can buy feed & seed products from HSS DIY or if you fancy making your own compost, we also have a compost maker for you to try.

Lay some fresh mulch

Nothing makes a garden look new, healthy and spruced up like a fresh layer of mulch.

For those who don't know what mulch is, its a loose protective layer of material that covers your soils surface.

Mulch has so many benefits! It can:

• retain moisture - so you don't have to water it as much
• be used to deter weeds - as they won't get much sunlight
• improve soil - helping it get the nutrients it needs
• regulate soil's temperature - protecting plants from extreme weather

Just like compost, you can make your own mulch or we sell bags on ready made mulch that you can buy online.

Let HSS DIY help you keep your garden healthy all year long

And there you have it!

Keeping your garden healthy doesn't have to take long or be complicated.

With these simple steps, you can have your garden flourishing and looking it's best in no time.

As well as trimming the lawn, de-weeding and applying mulch, other gardening jobs like watering your plants at the right time & being cautious of pests & diseases can be a massive help too.

Buy all your gardening tools and equipment online at HSS DIY today.