Your garden may have appeared dormant over the winter period, but with the gentle warmth and sunshine that comes with springtime, life is breathed back into your garden. Green leaves emerge from the barren trees and colourful flower buds surface. Everything appears to be growing in overtime.

Spring is the time to get back into your garden care

If you previously planted bulbs, you will now see them start to them shooting and then blooming to give you an array of beautiful colour. An example of how you will reap the rewards of earlier garden care work that was done.

But spring time is not the time to just sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labour just yet. There is still more garden care to be done.

Our top spring time garden care tips

• prune fruit trees and other flowering trees and shrubs.
• turn compost piles.
• cut back ornamental grasses.
• feed the lawn to encourage new fresh growth.
• renew mulch on your garden beds (fertilise the area first).
• fertilise all plants.
• don’t let the pests take over, aphids are especially active come spring.

A few early garden care preparations for the spring gardening season, will bring benefits all year long

The days are getting longer and the ground is a bit warmer, this means your edible garden can also be given a little attention around this time of year. Make a start on your spring and summer crops. Spring is the time to plant an array of vegetables and herbs.
In particular;

• Dill
• Basil
• Coriander
• Onions
• Potatoes
• Some types of lettuce
• Chives
• Eggplant
• Radish

The list goes on.

Spring is the ideal climate for growing in our Sydney based area. If you require a little assistance in the garden or would just like a little more information about spring time garden care. Please feel free to give us a call. We will happily guide you in the right direction towards reaping all the benefits a little spring time garden care has to offer.