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? It'll be fine. Trim the cherry in June/July when it is dry and sunny; the cotoneaster can be done at any time. Many thanks, I'll do that. I'm fed up with having bark all over the lawn and a bare patch of weed suppressant under the trees!

Prepare soil ready for sowing a lawn or laying turf during September and OctoberTop up water levels in pebble fountains and poolsDeal with problem lawn weeds, digging them out or applying herbicideOrder spring-flowering bulbs to plant this autumn

Spread a layer of manure or compost around roses and shrubsPrepare areas for laying new lawns in spring, digging over, weeding and enriching the soilBe on the look out for slugs and snails, which will attack emerging shoots of perennials

Right, I want my lawn to thicken up, and try and get rid of the weeds in it. So, I've just spread my fertiliser and moss killer, (well at start of week day before it's piddled down) and now I'm going to religously cut the lawn twice a week. I shall

My front lawn has a great deal of moss amongst the grass.  If I put down a moss killer, I am afraid I will have an almost bare lawn.  What should I do? If you use a moss killer with a weed and feed treatment combined that will help-when the moss had

up with a dried out brown lawn.Lawn feed and weed can go down after the frogs have left and must be watered in if it does not rain within 24 hours, I used feed and weed early in the year when the lawn is growing well and late in the year as a winter

Can anyone tell me the best way to get rid of weeds in a very small garden so that my wife and I can get a small area of lawn started, the weeds are mainly Dandelions.   Many thanks   Ian  Dig 'em up and DON'T compost them. Would it be possible

, but particularly in lawnsspring to autumnMore lawn care adviceImproving your lawn video projectHow to Mowing a lawnDealing with fungi in lawnsRemoving greater plantain weeds

Set up an automatic watering system to look after greenhouse crops, patio pots and baskets if you're going on holidayRaise mower cutting height to leave lawns longer if the weather is very dryTrim conifers and other garden hedgesTop up the water

grass lawns. It only needs mowing three to nine times a year, is resilient to drought and requires no weed killers or sprays.The traditional garden lawn requires a lot of maintenance. To look its best, it should be mowed once a week, fed twice a year