Work Diary　From Jungle to Paradise

From Zen Gardenig Services、 Keisuke

We did a big, big Garden Clean up for a house in Hope Island ,Gold Coast.
If gardens are untidy, this water front house ruins nice views.

At the owner’s request, we cut down many unwanted plants and trees,
plant some new hedges for the privacy and the mulch for stop weeding and drying out.

First, we do the front Yard.
We clean the palm and the surrounding plants.

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Next, Beside the drive way.
Clean up and thin out Golden Cane Palms.

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We’re now into the gate.　
We chop down everything here.

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After We cut down most of it. It’s refreshing!

Then, we go to the backyard.
We chopp down Yakkas.
Hedges are growing…

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After trimming overhangs It’s easy to walk on the path.

After We trimmed it square and it looks proper hedge now.

We go little bit further down and weed and clean up some leaves.

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At the Last.

Oh! So many palm fronds to take away!
We trimmed these palms and plant new Murrayas as the hedge along the fence for the privacy.

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After Now You can practice putting.

We had so much to clean and it was challenging but rewarding.
Now we enjoy the beautiful view!

Fertilizing Lawns in Gold Coast

Lawns require just as much care and nutrients as we humans do. So, it is recommended that you regularly fertilize your lawn in order to keep it from drying or going bad, and keep it green and lush for longer.

Chemical fertilizers tend to slowly make the lawn barren, so when thinking in the long-term it’s much better to use organic fertilizers.

You can find such fertilizers at home centers like Bunnings, just look out for “Organic Fertilizer for Lawns”.

The amount you should sprinkle on your lawn is written on the back of the package so be sure to spray on the right amount. If you use too much, your lawn will sustain fertilizer burn. Here in the Gold Coast, aim to spray your lawn once every 3 months.

For that perfect lush lawn that everyone wants, water, fertilizer and diligent lawn mowing is essential.
Please give it a try!

Keisuke
Zen Gardening Services

How to kill weeds in lawn

Weeds that grow in and around your lawn are
horrible to look at and also take the nutrients away from your lawn.
They aren’t good for your lawn’s look or it’s growth and need to be controlled. Frequent and diligent weeding is extremely important and simply the easiest way of getting rid of weeds in your lawn.

The fastest and most obvious way is to simply pull them up by hand, however for those more stubborn weeds, use a scoop to dig them up.
You might think “what a pain!”, but pulling the weeds up by hand really is the best way. It doesn’t require any chemicals which saves the surrounding lawn and plants too.

Doing it all in one go can be tough, so doing a little bit every day is key. Weeds are much easier to pull up after some rain as the soil is much more softer. Also make sure to get the weeds before they get too big as well.

There was a customer like this.
This customer lived in Acerage and his house was almost completely surrounded by a grass lawn.
The customer told me that they have a daily routine of weeding their lawn for 30 minutes every morning and after actually taking a walk on the lawn it was clear that there were hardly any weeds to be seen. I was really impressed considering this was in Acerage!

So as a first step to keeping your lawn in order, make sure not to ignore those weeds and make a habit of pulling them up whenever you can.

Keisuke
Zen Gardening Services