Across the UK, the weather has been brightening up, with sunny skies for most of the country. With Britain on lockdown to fight the spread of coronavirus, many of us may turn to our gardens as an outlet.
Whether it’s mowing the lawn, finally getting round to planting some seeds or just general gardening, being on lockdown may be the perfect time to get the garden looking spic and span.
With advice being to remain at home where possible, and only go shopping for essentials, buying things for the garden might be a struggle.
However, many sites are still running delivery services, so for any tools, plants or furniture turning to Google might be the answer.
Sites like Amazon are offering delivery, as are Homebase and Garden Store Online.
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How to kill weeds in grass
One of the banes of all gardeners is the untidiness, destructiveness and rapidity of weeds.
A weed is known as “a plant in the wrong place” and in general, these plants are known more for their undesirable qualities rather than for their good ones.
Weeds are competitive, fighting your garden plants or lawn grass for water, light, nutrients and space.
Most are quick growers and will take over many of the areas in which you find them.
Unsightly weeds can pop up anywhere, but if you want to remove them from your grass, Homebase has some tips for how.
Option 1: Remove weeds using specialist tools
Homebase recommends using a tool called a Fiskars Weed Puller for easy removal of weeds.
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The Fiskars weed puller takes three steps to remove weeds such as dandelions from your lawn.
Simply, step, pull and eject to remove the unwanted plant from the roots.
This tool makes hard work easy by eliminating all digging and bending reducing any strain on your body.
You can get a Fiskars weed puller from Homebase, or on Amazon.
Option 2: Use a weed treatment
If your lawn contains lots of weeds then applying a lawn weedkiller can help. There are two types of product available.
Selective Lawn Weedkillers: These treatments are ideal if you have small areas of weeds in your lawn because they target just the broadleaved weeds without damaging the surrounding grass.
They are available in either a ready to use spray or as a liquid concentrate that needs diluting in a watering can or pressure sprayer before use.
Triple Action Lawn Treatments: If you have weeds all over your lawn, these treatments are ideal as they are best applied to the whole lawn area.
Not only will they target broadleaved weeds in your lawn without damaging the surrounding grass but they will also feed the lawn and kill off any moss.
They are available as ready-to-use granules that can be applied by hand, or for faster and more accurate application use a wheeled lawn spreader.
Again, a simple search for either of these weed killers on Homebase or Amazon’s websites will give you a range of options – all without needing to leave your home.
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