Get your garden ready for spring in 8 steps

It's almost spring! The sun is shining a bit more often and it's no longer so wintry cold. Your fingers are itching to get to work in the garden. With these handy tips to get your garden ready for spring, you'll make sure it's soon a celebration of lush flowers, beautiful plants, a green lawn and a cosy spring atmosphere.

As soon as the sun starts shining more, we head outside more often. We sit on the patio more and are generally in a better mood. Unfortunately, it also means that the weeds start growing faster. Time to roll up your sleeves and do some weeding. Your green bin will soon be full. The solution? Hire a big bag or container for green or garden waste skip.. What's the difference? Find out in this blog. Don't forget to look in the container now and then, so you can see for yourself how much you've done./blog/wat-is-het-verschil-tussen-tuinafval-en-groenafval/

Also remove dead buds from your plants and trees. If you spot dead branches, remove those too. Again: throw it all in the container! Leaves protect the soil from frost in winter. That's no longer needed, so rake it all up and watch the ground of your garden come back into view. Tip: Cut branches into small pieces so more fits in the container or big bag.

Do you have young trees and shrubs in your garden? Then prune the branches back to about 10-15 cm from the trunk to give new growth a boost.

Do you have a small vegetable patch? Then it's also a good idea to dig it over and clear away the waste, so you can grow vegetables and other treats in your garden again this year.

If you have a lawn, now is the time to start mowing again. Don't forget to set your lawnmower to the highest setting and then mow it a little shorter each week, step by step. This is how you prevent uneven growth. Is the turf coming out altogether? Large quantities can be removed as soil.

Have an artificial grass lawn? Give it a refresh too! Remove leaves, branches and other garden waste simply with a broom and rinse it off with the garden hose. Some people use a vacuum cleaner for this, but that's not a good idea: it can damage even the best vacuum cleaner.

If you have a pond, now is the time to remove old, dead and unhealthy plants. Clean the pump too: replace the filter media and rinse the sponges clean. Once the temperature rises above 10 degrees, you can start feeding the fish again.

If you planted spring bulbs in the autumn, you'll now see the first daffodils, tulips and crocuses popping up. What a beautiful sight! Want to spend the whole summer enjoying a colourful sea of flowers in your garden? Then now is the time to plant bulbs and tubers. Think of dahlias, anemones, gladioli and begonias, for example. The butterflies and bees will be very grateful too!

If your garden looks a bit bare, it might be a good idea to visit your local garden centre and pick up some new plants. Breathe new life into your garden and create that spring feeling with spring-flowering plants such as rhododendrons.

Flowerpots make your patio cosy. Choose warm colours and different sizes. Plant some lavender in them, for example. It smells wonderful and it's good for the butterflies and the bees. The secret ingredient for a blooming garden.

Now is also the perfect time to spruce up your garden furniture. Give it a clean with some soapy water and your furniture will come back to life. Is it no longer worth restoring? Then replace it with new furniture.

While you're at it, take a look at any gates and other woodwork such as a fence. It may be worth

How quickly you get your garden ready for spring depends, of course, on the size of your garden and the amount of work that needs doing. Either way, throw the green and garden waste straight into the waste skip or big bag you've hired. That way it's out of the way straight away.

Pay close attention to whether you hire a green waste or a garden waste skip. A garden waste skip is only for green waste from the garden. A mixed garden waste container/big bag, on the other hand, is for all waste from the garden. As well as green waste, you can also get rid of wooden or plastic garden furniture, an old fence, a broken garden gnome and that faded plastic flowerpot.

When you're finally done, the result will be something to be proud of. Enjoy the colours, enjoy the sun and, above all, enjoy a well-earned cup of coffee in your garden, which is now ready for spring!