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Make a compost bin to achieve the satisfaction of turning kitchen and garden waste, into rich, crumbly compost. This will make your plants and crops thrive - so keep them, and your local landfill site, happy.Spade or rake4 strong wooden pallets6

. Improving the soil with plenty of organic matter in the form of compost helps drainage and aeration on heavy soils and conserves essential moisture on light ones.SoilGarden spadeGarden forkGarden rakeOrganic matter in the form of compost or well

and plants. Hardcore material, building sand, cement, cement mixer (optional)Paving, pavioursShovel, rake, wheelbarrowWooden pegs, hammer, spirit level, plank of wood, wacker plateRubber malletBolster chiselPointing trowelall year rounda weekendClear the area

gardening art of overseeding. This is a simple way to thicken-up your lawn, revitalising growth by sprinkling over some fresh grass seed.Start by raking over the lawn or using a powered lawn rake or scarifier. This removes any accumulated moss or debris

Loosen soil between the rows using a garden fork. Use a rake to draw the soil into a ridge along the length of the row around the emerging stems of the potatoes. Leave a shallow trough along the row at the top of the ridge to channel any water down

hang directly from it.Some tools can be hung by their handles, so the hooks need to be fixed high enough to provide enough space for the tools.Other tools - such as garden rakes - can rest on the floor, with their handle, or shaft clipped into a fixing

or scabs on the leaves of flowering shoots or on fruit. Splits may develop on young shoots. Foliage may fall prematurely from trees.Rake up fallen leaves at the end of the growing season and dispose of them - don't add them to your compost heap. Liaise

with the back of a rake or crush it underfoot before applying glyphosate. Avoid spraying on a windy day and near other desirable plants. all over the gardenspring to autumnMore advice on removing weedsSelf healSpeedwellChickweedHairy bitter cress

it out effectively, but you can hold it at bay by keeping the lawn healthy and thereby making conditions less favourable for the yarrow. Top-dress the lawn in spring and in September, mow it regularly and lightly rake when in growth to weaken the weed

be replacing the squash plants, applying more nematodes to the ground and then presumably raking up the once gorgeous azalea blooms. Please, someone, when do we get the summery weather?