Unfortunately it does not work like like going to the gardens, the phone has been ringing non-stop this week with everyone wanting something carried out that, with some customers getting quite upset because you say it is a waiting list; luckily these people are in the minority.
Some clients make us smile after telling them there is a waiting list that they respond with "but we only live in the next village" we just grin and say politely "it does not matter whether they live next door or 100 miles away there is still the same waiting list "and the response is generally" can not you just squeeze us in ".
We do make every effort to help these people have been prepared for your mind up to get something done you just want to get along with it, so we will try and help them by passing them on to a couple of good friends of ours in the same line of business, we quite often the people who have been recommended to us by friends and family where we have worked and so the list goes on as they are become quite willing to wait until we can out the required work in their gardens.
Garden Tips
Your the garden lawns need to be de-thatched or scarified, what this means is that all the dead bits of grass that have found their way down to the bottom and the grass blades that are laying on the surface need to be bought back up to the surface and disposed of.
There are two different ways of doing this, the first method and the hardest is to rake it by hand, this is carried out by using a rake - the type with the springy tines.
Place the rake down on to the lawn, stand sideways to the rake so it goes diagonally across your body, now place one hand at the top of garden rake and the other about half way down and pull back rake with a slight upward arc so that You flick the tines on the rake. You are getting in a rhythm, you will find the dead grass and moss to surface just leaving the blades of grass standing up with the ground being nice and clear. A good garden tip is to then just run your mower over the lawn and collect all the rubbish.
Method two and three
You can buy a mower with an interchangeable head that you can use or you can hire a dedicated scarifier from a local hire company or even some large DIY outlets.
Once you covered the complete area using your mother to collect all the rubbish up that was was brought to the surface. Once this is carried out all the rubbish with your whole area.
Two good garden tips here are you to have an interchangeable head it is best to borrow a neighbors mower to collect the rubbish so you save time changing heads and also do not put the rubbish you collect on your compost heap, bag it up and take to your local recycling center.
If you need need to hire a scarifier another good tip would be to share it with your friends and neighbors, keeping costs to a minimum and everyone will benefit from having great looking healthier lawns next season.
Till the next time
Ted & Sandra
