Common Sense Gardening - Ideal Home and Garden Plan

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Please move your mouse over the hotspots for top tips and advice about each area of your home and garden. Patio/Paths

Use a spot weeder as needed. For problem areas use a residual weedkiller that kills the existing weeds and prevents new weeds germinating for a few months. Moss control may also be necessary to make these areas safe from the danger of slipping over on the moss.. Pots and Containers

Remember to replace the compost each year. Compost kept over winter in containes often harbour insects and diseases. Must be fed, (slow release fertilisers last months) and regularly watered. Keep a watch out for insects and fungi and treat early if they appear. For perennial plants be vigilant for vine weevil larvae and damage. Excellent products now available for vine weevil control. Lawn and Lawn Spreader

Lawns need feeding to keep them, healthy and able to sustain Usage. There are also special Weedkillers that can be used on lawns that will not hurt the grass. As there are also mosskillers. You can buy products that do all three jobs in just one application. Best to do it in Sping and Autumn Lawns benefit from care. Use spreader for sizeable lawns and spotweed as necessary for troublesome weeds.

Always use a specific Lawn weedkiller as other Weedkillers will kill the grass.
Garden Shed

Can be an excellent safe place to store products. But remember can also be a place for rats and mice to make a home underneath it. Be careful where you place poison baits so there is no chance of other wildlife picking them up. Greenhouse

Wonderful place for growing plants and also for growing pests and diseases. Be aware of problems and treat at the first sign before an investation can take hold damaging all your plants! Remember good plant hygiene will help prevent seedling damping off and other diseases. Sprays and smokes are excellent for the control of insects and plant diseases - Green houses are also could places for biological control agents - parasites and predators as the night time temperature does not drop too low.. Vegetable Plot

lots of potential pest problems. Organic products are available. When using any garden care product read the label carefully for use directions and intervals between treating and harvesting. Slugs can be particularly difficult in wet years. Several applications may be necessary. Compost Heap

When you use composted grass cuttings from grass treated with herbicides allow the required interval stated on the label before using the compost. - Usually around 6 months. Bird Table

Used according to the label instructions garden care products should offer no hazard to garden birds. Always use slug pellets carefully and spread thinly. Never put big mounds of pellets . Alternatively use a liquid Slug control that disappears into the soil and kills slugs underground where they hide duing the heat of the day. Pond

It is always best practice to ensure that garden care products and plant foods do not enter the pond water. Some products are toxic to fish and other aquatic life. This is always flagged on the label. House

Nothing is more annoying than insects in your house. Most common are probably ants, and good products exist as sprays, powders and baits. Taken back to the nest, baits can kill the whole nest. Most of the spray and powder products control a whole range of common household crawling pests. Mice in the home can be controlled traps or by poison baits but take care that pets and children cannot reach them.