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Grounds and Garden Maintenance in Basingstoke | How to Keep the Pests Away from Your Garden

There’s nothing worse than spending countless hours outside tending to your garden only to find all your hard work destroyed by inquisitive animals. Imagine that freshly laid turf, or those blooming flower beds you’ve lovingly cultivated into an array of seasonal colours, dug up and scattered across your lawn. It doesn’t bear thinking about, does it?

We have a few tips that you may find useful.

Commercial gardening company Premier Grounds & Garden Maintenance provides full landscaping services in Basingstoke and the surrounding areas, including turf laying, commercial lawn cutting, garden fencing, garden maintenance and grounds maintenance. With 30+ years of experience among our knowledgeable and skilled gardeners and groundsmen, our reputation as a reliable and professional company is widely regarded. Read our reviews to see how highly past clients regard our services.

Call us on 01256 536800 for help with all of the following: 

  • Commercial and Domestic Gardening Services

  • Grass Cutting

  • Horticultural Services

  • New Turf Installations

  • Weed Removal

How To Get Rid of Garden Pests

There are many options to choose from when attempting to pest-proof your garden without the need for chemicals. As the most common garden pest in the UK tends to be someone else’s pet, a more natural deterrent is advisable.

Cats

Cats will go anywhere around your Basingstoke property that’s the width of their whiskers. Commercial gardening company Premier Grounds & Garden Maintenance’s staff suggest the following:

  • Keep the soil damp without over-watering; cats don’t like the feel of moist earth.

  • Grow plants that have a spiny texture, or place rocks and pebbles around your shrubs to discourage digging.

  • Automatic water sprays that detect movement will stop the cats from returning, as they hate water.

Dogs

Puppies are a joy most of the time, but their childlike abilities to cause mayhem can be frustrating. They’ll dig and hide things anywhere, destroying all your garden and grounds maintenance in an instant!

  • Sprinkle citrus essential oils around your fencing if your dog keeps trying to escape.

  • Instead of throwing away the rose stalks after pruning, scatter them around the flower beds.

  • Mix two cups of apple cider vinegar with one cup of white vinegar. The smell will keep dogs away but not harm your plants.

Rodents

Capable of multiplying at a vast rate, you need to take action as soon as you see rats or mice in your garden.

  • If using mulch, opt for the wood-chip variety, as they can’t nest in it. Talk to us about adding mulch to your lawn as part of our turf laying, commercial lawn cutting and gardening services.

  • Strong herbal aromas are a popular deterrent as the smell will have rodents running the other way.

  • Make sure you clear away any food you’ve left out for your own pets or birds.

Installing closeboard fencing will help keep animals out, as access to your lawn or public area will be more difficult. Premier Grounds & Garden Maintenance provides a range of fencing options to both domestic and commercial clients.

As a commercial gardening company offering complete new turf laying, commercial lawn cutting and garden and grounds maintenance services, we also have a few suggestions for using a more organic approach to pest control. Why not consider growing some of the following plants in your garden to keep away unwanted animals and insects:

Garlic-

Dogs

Lavender-

Cats

Lemongrass/Citronella-

Flies, Bees and Most Domestic Pets

Mint-  

Rats and Mice

Peppermint-

Wasps

Please contact us if you require any further tips about keeping unwanted pests away from your Basingstoke property. Our landscapers have the knowledge and expertise to ensure your garden stays intact and beautiful naturally. You can also get in touch for a range of landscaping services and horticultural services, such as new turf installations, hedge trimming and weed removal.

To find out more about our garden maintenance services in Basingstoke, call Premier Grounds & Garden Maintenance on 01256 536800.
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