WINTER

Most winter tasks take place between September and April.

Some tasks take place year-round; you'll find those listed on the summer page as well.

SNOW CLEARANCE & SALT SPREADING

At present, we operate this service within Lerwick only.

We salt and clear paths, steps, driveways and car-parks, for both commercial and private clients. You’ll be given peace of mind that your visitors, staff, customers, friends, family and deliveries will be able to approach your front door without undue risk.

Weather forecasts and ground temperatures are checked on a daily basis. If the temperature is predicted to drop beneath a pre-determined level, typically -1°c, we will come out to spread salt in the early hours, before anyone else arrives.

In snowy conditions, we will clear snow from around your property as required, using snow-shovels and/or a power-driven blade.

When the snow comes, we will be very busy, so it is best if you can make arrangements with us beforehand for salt-spreading and snow-clearing work.

ROTOVATING

We turn over vegetable plots during the winter months, using our heavy-duty pedestrian rotovator (the rotovator also often comes in useful when we’re building lawns). We can fit our rotovator through a narrow gate, but it is powerful and fast, offering you an economical means of digging over ground.

HEDGE-PRUNING (winter)

Winter is the time to prune or renovate an overgrown deciduous shrub. Evergreens are generally best pruned in the early part of the year, after flowering, and before new spring growth gets underway. Hedge-trimming is also a summer activity.

We use powerful petrol hedgetrimmers. With both handheld and long-reach-pole models, we offer an efficient and cost-effective means of keeping your hedges neat and tidy.

We will tailor timing and frequency of cut according to your type of shrub, and to suit your requirements.

WEEDING, GARDENING, LITTER-PICKING, SOFT & HARD LANDSCAPING

We can undertake regular maintenance, tackle long-neglected jungles, build walls, pavements, create new beds and borders, etc. We will even repair your old shed (one of our team is a time-served joiner), or build you a new one!

For some specialist gardening work, we will sub-contract to tree-surgeons or garden-designers as required, to meet your needs.

MOSS, LICHEN & ALGAE CONTROL

We can help you to control moss, lichen & algae on hard surfaces, and within turf areas. Ideally, we prefer to use a combination of preventative and curative approaches.

We use both mechanical and chemical means of control. Chemically-treated areas are safe for pets and children. We do recommend, however, that efforts are made to keep them off the treated area for an hour or so, immediately following application.

LAWN RENOVATION

Sometimes it takes a little more than simply mowing the lawn regularly to keep it in good condition.

If you’re not happy with the general condition of your lawn, we’ll be pleased to do what we can to help improve its health and appearance. As may be required, we can reduce infiltration of weeds & moss, improve drainage & aeration, flatten out bumps, cut back the edge where it meets borders, and so forth.

GARDEN SHED REPAIR / RE-ROOF / NEW-BUILD

One of our team is a time-served joiner. We can undertake to repair your old shed… or build you a new one! Competitive rates.