It’s time to clean that paving, get rid of any dead leaves, dust the cobwebs off those garden chairs and get your garden spring ready.

It doesn’t have to be hard work. Try these five tips to banish the worst of the winter and embrace the spring, the time for you to relax and then enjoy it all summer.

Tidy up weeds, leaves and borders

Use a rake, broom or leave blower to tidy up any dead leaves and clear any debris from your garden.

Try boiling water on weeds to get rid of them and remove any weeds from the border before they fully take root in the spring.

Mulch your borders with bark once done to keep those weeds down summer long.

Clean decking and paving

Jet wash the patio and decking. You could also give the barbecue a good wash down with some hot, soapy water too.

Complete your patio with a cleaned down furniture set and you’re good to go.

Prune flowering plants

Honeysuckle, clematis and climbing roses can be pruned and cut back.

In fact, cut back or prune anything that flowers late in the summer.

Sort your lawn

Mow your lawn. Evenings and early morning are the best time to mow avoiding hot sun as this can scorch the grass. also, don’t cut it too short if we are expecting a spell of hot sunshine, as this will keep the lawn healthy.

Bare patches can be sorted out with a sprinkle of grass seed or Miracle Gro Patch.

It’s also a good time to sort out bumps or hollows. Push a spade down into the area making a cross shape then carefully peel back the turf. If it’s a bump, just remove some of the soil to make it level.

Replant pots and sow hardy annuals

Use a trowel and remove the dead plants, shaking off as much compost as you can from the roots back into the pot.

Then top up with fresh peat-free multipurpose compost and a handful of fertiliser and replant with new ones.