Summer spruce-up BACKYARD BLITZ

Follow these nine simple steps to prepare your outdoor spaces for warmer weather so you can spend the sunny days relaxing

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Enjoying time outside come summer is less enjoyable when the sun umbrella is covered in mould, the outdoor furniture is grubby and the lawn is full of weeds. If this sounds like your place, follow our spring cleaning checklist and your outdoor areas will be in tiptop shape in no time.

Lawn and order

Lawns can look tired after a cold winter and a wet spring. To get your grass growing strongly, give lawns a good feed and dig out or spray competing weeds, such as paspalum, dock and dandelion. Some lawn products will feed grass and kill broad-leaved weeds at the same time. Fill gaps with handfuls of grass seed mixed with topsoil.

Seat wise