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River Ouse, Cambridgeshire

Ed’s Garden Maintenance Operator Richard Weightman who covers St Ives, Cambridgeshire sent in this photograph of a garden backing onto the River Ouse.
“The work started in the spring on this garden, with cutting down the old reeds and irises on the river bank and treating moss in the lawn.”

Please contact Ed’s Garden Maintenance for a free estimate to help with your gardening needs.

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Elderflower Cordial

Ed’s Operator Stuart is seeing a lot of Elderflowers coming into peak season in his customers gardens at the moment and has been sharing his delicious recipe for homemade cordial with them.  It’s made every year at home and lots of his friends enjoy it on visits.
At times when customers are more and more interested in the provenance of their food and are conscious of food miles, its great to share ways of using their own produce.  Children enjoy helping to make it too.
Elderflower Cordial
Ingredients
2.5 kg white sugar, either granulated or caster
2 unwaxed lemons
2 unwaxed oranges
20 fresh elderflower heads, stalks trimmed
85g food grade citric acid (available from chemists or Amazon)
Method
  • Put the sugar and 1.5 litres of water into the largest saucepan you have.
  • Gently heat, without boiling, until the sugar has dissolved.  Give it a stir every now and again.
  • Pare the zest from the lemons & oranges using a potato peeler, then slice the remainder of the fruit into rounds.
  • Once the sugar has dissolved, bring the pan of syrup to the boil, then turn off the heat.
  • Fill a large clean bowl with cold water.
  • Give the flowers a gentle swish around to loosen any dirt or bugs.
  • Lift the flowers out, gently shake and transfer to the syrup along with the lemons, oranges, zest and citric acid, then stir well.
  • Cover the pan and leave to infuse for 24 hours
  • Line a colander with a clean tea towel or muslin if you have it, then sit it over a large bowl or pan.
  • Ladle the syrup – let it drip slowly through.  Discard the bits left in the towel.
  • Sterilise bottles (run glass bottles through the dishwasher, or wash well with soapy water.  Rinse then leave to dry in a low oven)
  • Use a funnel and ladle to fill sterilised bottles.
 The cordial is ready to drink straight away and will keep in the fridge for up to 6 weeks.
You can also freeze it in plastic containers or ice cube trays and defrost as needed.
Enjoy!
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Help the parents are coming round!

Ed’s Garden Maintenance Operators Pierre and Penny sent in these photographs and said

 “Unfortunately some students had been too busy with their studies to worry about the garden but when overseas parents planned a visit they needed some help and quick.  We were happy to oblige.  Thankfully we achieved A1 results!”

Please contact Ed’s Garden Maintenance if we can help with your garden maintenance requirements, we aim to offer a prompt and reliable service.

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Garden Clearance

Before
During

Ed’s Garden Maintenance Operator Marcus who covers the Bracknell area sent in these photographs of a garden clearance he recently did for a customer.  What a great result!

After

Please contact Ed’s Garden Maintenance for a free estimate.

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Tools of the Trade

Ed’s Garden Maintenance Operator Neil who covers the Sevenoaks area sent in this photograph of him showing his sons the tools of the trade!

Ed’s Garden Maintenance Operators carry their own tools.  Please contact us for a free estimate for your gardening needs.

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Lawn repair after squirrel damage

Before
After

Ed’s Garden Maintenance Operators Pierre and Penny sent in these before and after photographs of a lawn they recently repaired.  “The squirrels had been having a field day, digging up the lawn, making holes peeling back the turf searching for sweet chestnuts buried during the autumn.”

Ed’s operators can assist with repairs to lawns with re-seeding, turfing or just putting the jigsaw back together!  Please contact us for a free estimate.

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Garden Clearance

Before
During

Ed Garden Maintenance Operator Stuart recently sent in these photographs of a garden clearance in New Malden. 
Please contact Ed’s for a free estimate.

After
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Pruning Wisteria

Pruned Wisteria
Flowering Wisteria

Ed’s Garden Maintenance Operator Clive who covers Hampton and Middlesex sent in these before and after photographs of wisteria.
Please Contact Ed’s Garden Maintenance if we can help with your garden maintenance needs.  We offer a free estimate service.

 

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Turfing in the Sunshine

Ed’s Garden Maintenance Operator Carl Ward who covers the Eastbourne area sent in these photographs of a recent garden project he was working on.

Preparing the ground

 

Turfing

 

Turfing

Please contact Ed’s Garden Maintenance if we can help with your garden maintenance needs. Ed’s offers a free estimate service and we are happy with one off jobs or regular maintenance.

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Turfing

Ed’s Garden  Maintenance Operator Richard Weightman who covers St Ives, Cambridgeshire sent in these photographs of a recent turfing job he did for a customer.

Please contact Ed’s Garden Maintenance for a free estimate.