Summer is almost upon us- is your garden ready for the new season? The Spring is a wonderful time to prepare because doing the work early will mean that your garden will be beautiful when you are ready to enjoy it. Here, we offer some tips on getting your garden into good shape ahead of the growing season, by spring cleaning and doing some landscaping.

Tips to Get Your Outdoor Space Ready for Summer

Whether you are planning a major garden renovation or simply refreshing what you already have in place, following these suggestions can make your time spent working outdoors easier and more fruitful.

• Start with a tidy. Collect any dead leaves or stalks to keep them from damaging your plants as they emerge in the spring. Inspect your trees and shrubs, pruning any broken or damaged branches, and snip any damaged tips from evergreens. If you have leaves in modest quantities under and around your trees, shrubs, and perennials, you can leave them and mulch over them. However, if you have matted leaves on your grass or in your groundcover beds, these should be raked and removed to let the green plants take in the necessary sunlight. Any dead leaves should be removed from perennial flowers, and frost-killed perennial flowers should be clipped to make way for new growth. Once you have trimmed them, water your perennials and add an inch or two of mulch around them. If you have hardscaping, now is the time to clean that as well. Sweep your patio or deck and clean with water or, if you decide to use cleaners, be sure to protect your plants.
• Care for your turf. Feed and rake the grass, making sure any debris or dead clippings are removed. While you are at it, level out any uneven areas and refresh your garden with new grass seed. While you are at it, remove any weeds from the grass and the beds, and consider refreshing the beds with new topsoil.
• Switch your types of protection. When frost is no longer a threat, take up any burlap barriers, wraps, or other protective materials you had placed around plants that needed protection from the winter weather. If you have new trees that have been in the ground for over a year, remove their staking. At the same time, cover your fruit trees and bushes with protective netting, offering bird feeders as an alternative for hungry birds.
• Tend to your furniture and tools. After a long winter, your garden furniture probably needs some care. Use the right cleaners for your particular furniture to give it a refresh, and toss or recycle anything that is broken or damaged to the point of being unusable. Do the same sort of thing with your garden tools, sharpening and oiling your pruning knives and shears, and getting rid of anything that is rusted or broken.

Why is Skip Hire a Good Solution for Garden Waste?

It may have occurred to you that following the steps listed above will result in a fair amount of garden waste. That is why hiring a skip is a good solution to your garden refreshing plans! Remember that you can recycle things like plastic and scrap metal, and consider using at least two skips: one for green waste and one for general waste. Into the skip with green waste, you will place things like grass, trimmings, turf, soil, weeds, leaves, twigs, and branches. The general waste skip will hold things like rubble, bricks, as well as broken furniture, tools, and children’s toys.

So, what size skip will you need for your garden renovation? The size of your skip will depend on the size of your garden, the scope of your project, how much waste you will generate, and the type of waste that will be involved. Fortunately, WRC Skip Hire has the perfect size skip, no matter what your landscaping project entails. Let’s take a look at some different sizes so that you can determine which one is right for you.

• A 4-yard skip is the smallest skip in our inventory. It can hold up to 40 bin bags of rubbish, so it is perfect if you are just doing a little light garden clearing. If you are getting rid of soil and stone, you will want to put those things in this kind of container so that your skip will not become inordinately heavy.
• The 8-yard skip is our most popular size for garden projects. Capable of holding 80 large bags of garden waste, it can accommodate green waste, soil, rubble, and stone, making it perfect for extensive garden clearances.
• The next step up is the 12-yard skip. If you are doing a fairly large garden project, and you anticipate having extensive rubbish to clear, this skip is a good choice because it can hold about 120 bin bags of waste.
• The 14 yard skip is good for large quantities of waste. You can fill it with 140 bin bags of building and garden waste materials, but be careful not to overfill it with things like soil and rubble, or it will be too heavy to lift.

Since 2017, WRC Skip Hire has been providing hassle-free waste management services, offering a wide selection of skips for both home projects and building sites. Our fully insured and licensed skip hire is available to clients throughout Scotland, and we work hard to understand our clients demands so that we can meet their needs while providing a complete waste management solution in full compliance with Zero Waste Scotland regulations. We are leaders in the recycling and waste sector, and we’re committed to remaining current with the latest solutions in technology, keeping up with the ongoing modifications and development of recycling and waste legislation. Additionally, as a local, family owned business, we are dedicated to providing unmatched service delivery, going above and beyond for our customers to ensure their needs are met. For more information or to make an enquiry, call 0141 812 1587 or contact us through our website.