A FEW SPURTS OF WORK MIGHT GET YOU THROUGH GROWING SEASON WITH LESS EFFORT

If your garden needs you to do more work than you can manage, here’s how to mitigate the time required out there. The Telegraph offers these top tips for creating an efficient garden: Plant evergreens and perennials, of course Use weed-suppressing membranes

Mulch will help keep weeds at bay, too, but it also retains moisture so you have less watering to do (but refresh it every year) Take a look at faux lawns — their quality really has improved over the years Use time-release fertilizers Pull weeds after rain — wet soil will let go of even deep dandelion roots with less effort and time required on your part Prune evergreens such as boxwood after they’ve produced most of their new growth, so you won’t have to do it again until next year. Now, back to that chaise.