I'm embarrassed to say that we neglected our lovely gardens somewhat last year due to a combination of bad weather when we were at home and a degree of laziness when the weather was set fair. But this year we are determined to keep on top of the gardens and keep them looking neat and tidy, if not show gardens they will at least be presentable and an asset to the house.
Amazingly, even after their year of neglect last year and a fairly late start this year the lawns were in reasonable condition. The front lawn has always been in better condition then the rear lawn but both have wintered well and now look neat and tidy with their new hair cuts. They are not knocked down to their summer height just yet, we will gradually increase the cutting height over the next few weeks to give the grass time to get used to being mowed again.
Next week we will attack the hedges. They are not quite ready for their first cut of the year just yet, they have only really started budding in the last couple of days so we will leave them another week to put on a proper spurt of growth before we trim them back.
We plan to give the front garden a real makeover this summer. With the front garden it really shouldn't take too long at all. There are many mature plants and shrubs which we intend to keep whilst thinning out the borders and remulching with some fresh bark chippings to help keep moisture in the ground.
Watch this space for further gardening forays throughout the summer.
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