A beautiful vegetable garden not suffering from drought – © jardins-familiaux.asso.fr The presence of water and accompanying nutrients is vital to all living beings, whether humans, animals or plants. However, too much or too little of anything can be harmful. In this first article on water management, we will look at some simple solutions to better
HOW TO RECOVER YOUR LAWN AFTER AN EXTENDED DROUGHT
After a long, hot summer, your lawn is noticeably suffering. The once green carpet has lost its colour or has dried out. The only green patches still visible are weeds, dandelions and clovers… Luckily, there are a few simple things to do to bring your lawn back to life! Get rid of the weeds! Removing
HOW TO STORE YOUR MANTIS TILLER OVER WINTER
Winter is the perfect season to store your Mantis away until the new season. Storing your machine is as simple as important to make sure your tiller keeps on starting straight off next spring and for the years to come. The steps are exactly the same whether you have a 2-stroke or a 4-stroke tiller.
Recycling fallen leaves: from trash to treasure
Every year, the leaves fall off the trees and the idea of picking them up is not much fun. But if you see these leaves as a blessing, it changes everything! Let’s see why! Collect dead leaves to clean the garden As much as the wonder of reds enchants us on trees, the piles of
April Gardening Calendar
Lawn Care in April Sow a new lawn or patch damaged areas from April onwards, dryer lawns are better for this. Apply weed killer to established lawns according to the manufacturer instructions – aim to use products that are plant and animal friendly. Rake established lawns to remove old plant debris – raking the lawn
January Gardening Calendar
Mantis’s January gardening calendar provides all of the information you need to care for your garden in the New Year. You will find everything from general gardening tips, lawn care advice, fruit and vegetable care, plus much more. Lawn Care in January Clear the lawn – The main job at this time of year
February Gardening Calendar
Mantis’ February gardening calendar explains everything you could need to know about rebuilding and maintaining your plants, flowers, and lawn throughout the end of winter. We create these guides on a monthly basis, so if you are new to our gardening tips, we recommend reading our guides for December and January so you can get
December Gardening Calendar
December Gardening Calendar This December gardening calendar has been created by the experts here at Mantis UK to help you care for all aspects of your garden in the lead up to Christmas. While your garden doesn’t require as much work as during the summer, you should still remember to carry out a few simple
March Gardening Calendar
This gardening calendar for March has been put together by Mantis. We’d like to share our expertise with our customers, advising proactive jobs gardeners can carry out in March. It’s spring and there is plenty of gardening to be done — though make sure you wrap up warm! Lawn Care in March On a fine
May Gardening Calendar
This gardening guide for May has been put together by Mantis because we are dedicated to our promise to help make gardening easier. You may also like to look over last month’s guide. May’s gardening calendar covers everything you could (or should) be doing in your garden just before summer hits the UK. Lawn Care
June Gardening Calendar
June’s gardening guide has been put together by the experts at Mantis to help you get your summer garden get off to a great start. Check out the guides for May and April if you’d like to catch up with our helpful tips and tricks. The following guide covers lawns, gardens, fruit and veg and
July Gardening Calendar
This July gardening calendar has been put together by Mantis to help you make the most of your garden during the British summer. It follows on from the June calendar and a lot of the advice for June still applies in July. There are, however, plenty of new tasks you should carry out in
August Gardening Calendar
This August gardening calendar has been produced by Mantis on order to make your summer gardening as enjoyable and successful as possible. If you are new to our gardening calendars, make sure you look over our July and June editions as well. This guide looks at everything you could or should be doing in your
September Gardening Calendar
Mantis’s September gardening calendar is a guide to everything you could or should be doing in your garden this September. It’s part of our monthly gardening guide and, if you’re new to our guides, you ought to look back over the August and July guides to see what else you should be doing around this
October Gardening Calendar
Mantis’s October gardening calendar guides you through everything you should be doing to your gardens, lawns and vegetable patches throughout October. To get up to speed with October’s gardening activities, you may like to read our September and August gardening guides. Lawn Care in October Rake up the leaves – Keep raking up the dead
November Gardening Calendar
Mantis’s November gardening calendar details all that you can expect to see in your garden going into early winter, and what you can do to protect your plants from the cold weather. The autumn months of September and October can be particularly challenging for gardeners, so we would recommend that you take a look at