Island Life Magazine Ltd August/September 2010 | Page 103

gardening

Island Life - August/September 2010

The best way
to look after
lawns that
are in need
of some TLC
Gardens, and lawns in particular, have
taken a bit of a battering this summer
due to the lack of rain.
But according to Mike Lee, who runs
the Island franchise for Greenthumb,
lawns looking sorry for themselves in
the height of summer is nothing new.
He should know. He and his team
of five staff – including three lawn
operatives - have been caring for lawns
across the Island for the past eight
years, and are now responsible for the
upkeep of around 2,000.
Their lawn treatments start from as
little as £14, and four treatments a year
normally ensure a healthy, moss-free
lawn, provided the householders also
do their bit.
Mike explained: “We normally start
with spring feed and weed treatment
in March and return more of less every
10 weeks. We do early summer and late

summer, and then in autumn we carry

their bit. I always say that if you buy

out moss control. That is then followed

some flowers, the first thing you do is

by hollow tine aeration and scarification

stick them in water, you don’t put them

in winter if required.

on the side or they will die. Every plant

“The summer is always a problem,

needs water.”

because when a lawn looks patchy and

Mike moved to the Island from

parched it is because it has not had

Macclesfield 12years ago, and since

enough water. Gardens always look

taking the Greenthumb franchise

sorry for themselves at this time of year,

the business has grown steadily. The

apart from the ones that people water.”

company has just moved premises to

Mike points out: “A lot of people

Whitecross Lane, Shanklin and are now

think watering their lawn can be

working to further build their customer

extremely costly, but actually water is a

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cheap commodity.
“We advise that people water in

Photo: Mike Lee pictured with his

between treatments, because if they

members of staff outside there new

are spending money to make their lawn

premises.

look nice, we can do our bit, but we
don’t live there, so they have to do

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