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Practical, UK-specific guidance for lawns, meadows, pitches and planting — written to the rhythm of the growing year, for home gardeners and grounds professionals alike.
The jobs that matter on the ground this week and next.
Understand what a hosepipe ban actually covers before making any watering decisions. Practical guidance on TUBs, Drought Orders, exemptions and priority surfaces.
Raising your mowing height by 10-20mm in a dry spell shades the crown and slows evaporation, keeping the lawn cooler and more resilient through summer heat and drought.
When a UKHSA heat alert is in force, amenity grass priorities shift. Safety comes first, appearance last, and established turf rarely needs water.
Understand what a hosepipe ban actually covers before making any watering decisions. Practical guidance on TUBs, Drought Orders, exemptions and priority surfaces.
Bare soil on drought-hit sites breaks up quickly. Here is how to stabilise exposed ground, manage desire lines and plan for reseeding.
A brown lawn in summer drought is dormant, not dead. The crown stays alive at soil level for weeks and will recover when rain returns.
The choice comes down to how closely the turf is cut, and whether one slow release application beats a cheaper standard feed reapplied.
Herpetosure fencing excludes different species at different heights. One product works the other way, letting animals leave but not return.
Tree tube, shrub shelter or hedge wrap, standard or biodegradable, sized to the rabbits, hares or deer actually on site.
