Gardens maintenance can quickly become a tiresome and frustrating task if you are doing it wrong. Your garden will tell you what needs to be done as the seasons change.

Autumn leaves falling create a beautiful carpet of color and should rather be enjoyed than raked every day. Let the tree finish the drop of leaves before you take action. Instead of working leaves into bags for disposal, simply rake them into your flower beds where they will form a blanket of protection against the frosty winter conditions that will soon threaten to kill your plants.

Roses can be pruned very precisely wasting hours of time. A quick and very efficient way of doing this job is to use a simple measure stick of 90 centimeters long. Simply push it down into the rose bed to a depth of approximately ten centimeters and cut your roses at the top level of the stick. From the cut off bushes you can now quickly make cuttings if you wish, or simply shred and scatter the cuttings over the rose beds. This layer will protect the roses from frost killing their roots.

Many a husband can’t stand the site of the lawn mower, but will face it at least twice a week. Buy him a calendar for gardeners that shows the phases of the moon and when to mow a lawn to reduce growth. By doing this task on time, you can reduce your waltz with the mower twice times a month.

Forget about setting aside whole days just for garden maintenance, rather do it as you spot something the needs to be done. On your afternoons stroll through the garden, nip out dead flowers or pull up some weeds. By doing something small every day, your maintenance will not build up into time consuming projects.

A small amount of maintenance will see you enjoy a beautiful garden all year long.

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