If you pride yourself on having a beautiful garden, you'll know how important it is to keep your grass trimmed and tidy.
Even the prettiest of borders and flowerbeds can't distract from an overgrown lawn.
Thankfully, an expert has revealed how regularly you should be looking to cut your grass depending on the time of the year - as the answer changes with the seasons.
The news comes just at the perfect time as well, given the pro recommends bringing your mower out of its retirement during the spring.
Talking to the Mirror, Angela Slater, a gardening expert at Hayes Garden World, explained that you ought to start cutting your grass when you notice spring growth.
"Start cutting the grass in spring, once it has grown a couple of inches and the weather has become warmer," she explained. What's more, you'll want to adjust the mower for its first outing of the year.
"The mower blades should be set higher for the first cut and then, once the lawn has started growing regularly in late spring, lower the blades and cut every 2 – 3 weeks, depending upon the rate of growth," Angela said.
As the summer gets underway, you may have to increase this number, however. "When growth is at its most prolific, you may have to cut every week."
Then, this number will likely decrease as autumn rolls around. "In autumn, cut about once a fortnight and stop completely when the temperatures become cold at the beginning of winter," the pro explained.
Issuing further advice, Angela added: "If you love the look of a crisp, striped lawn, you need a good quality mower with a roller and follow the same pattern every time you cut. The lawn needs to be in really good condition so don't skimp on the feeding, weeding and watering."
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