| Another hectic week in the gardens, the phone | | | | type with the springy tines. |
| has been ringing non- stop this week with | | | | Place the rake down on to the lawn, stand |
| everyone wanting something carried out in either | | | | sideways to the rake so it goes diagonally across |
| their front or back garden, but as usual the | | | | your body, now place one hand at the top of |
| trouble is that they want it done yesterday! | | | | garden rake and the other about half way down |
| Unfortunately it does not work like that, with | | | | and pull back rake with a slight upward arc so |
| some customers getting quite upset because you | | | | that you flick the tines on the rake. Repeat this |
| say there is a waiting list; luckily these people are | | | | process, getting in a rhythm, you will find that it |
| in the minority. | | | | will bring the dead grass and moss to surface just |
| Some clients make us smile after telling them | | | | leaving the blades of grass standing up with the |
| there is a waiting list they respond with "but we | | | | ground being nice and clear. A good garden tip is |
| only live in the next village" we just grin and say | | | | to then just run your mower over the lawn and |
| politely "it does not matter whether they live next | | | | collect all the rubbish. |
| door or 100 miles away there is still the same | | | | Method two and three |
| waiting list" and the response is generally "can't | | | | You can buy a mower with an interchangeable |
| you just squeeze us in". | | | | head that you can use or you can hire a |
| We do make every effort to help these people | | | | dedicated scarifier from a local hire company or |
| out, as we know that when you have made your | | | | even some large DIY outlets. |
| mind up to get something done you just want to | | | | These machines are used just the same as if you |
| get on with it, so we will try and help them by | | | | were cutting the grass. Just go up and down |
| passing them on to a couple of good friends of | | | | covering the lawn with a slight overlap on the |
| ours in the same line of business, but quite often | | | | previous pass. Once you have covered the |
| the people who contact us have been | | | | complete area use your mower to collect all the |
| recommended to us by friends and family where | | | | rubbish up that was brought to the surface. Once |
| we have worked and so the list goes on as they | | | | this is carried out do another complete scarifying |
| then become quite willing to wait until we can | | | | of the whole area but at a 90 degree angle to |
| carry out the required work in their gardens. | | | | the previous one, then just as before pick up all |
| Garden Tips | | | | the rubbish with your mower. |
| As the last article on advice and tips on laying a | | | | Two good garden tips here are if you have an |
| new lawn in your garden we thought we would | | | | interchangeable head it is best to borrow a |
| carry on the theme. Yours garden lawns need to | | | | neighbours mower to collect the rubbish so you |
| be de-thatched or scarified, what this means is | | | | save time changing heads and also do not put the |
| that all the dead bits of grass that have found | | | | rubbish you collect on your compost heap, bag it |
| their way down to the bottom and the grass | | | | up and take to your local recycling centre. |
| blades that are laying on the surface need to be | | | | If you need to hire a scarifier another good tip |
| brought back up to the surface and disposed of. | | | | would be to share it with your friends and |
| There are two different ways of doing this, the | | | | neighbours, keeping costs to a minimum and |
| first method and the hardest is to rake it by | | | | everybody will benefit from having great looking |
| hand, this is carried out by using a lawn rake - the | | | | healthier lawns next season. |