Gardening pro’s £12 trick that can transform your patio – it works like magic

It’s all well and good to keep your garden and patio looking nice, but the unpredictable British weather can undo all your hard work in a single gust of wind.

Luckily, a gardening enthusiast has discovered a clever trick to keep your well-maintained garden from going haywire.

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Ellie, who bears the name of @sevenpalmtreehouse on TikTok, revealed a hack that works like “magic”.

Since she shared a video of the trick on her social media page, her footage has gone viral, amassing over 4.3 million views.

Ellie initially explained that she had added a stone border to their garden, but “the stones kept moving out of place.”

This can happen on a windy day or if the patio is used intensively and the stones keep moving out of place.

Most people often have to brush the stones back to their own area.

But Ellie discovered a water-based, non-toxic formula that solved the problem.

It’s called Easihold and can be purchased from online retailers including Amazon for £12.99.

The formula is used to hold stones and gravel together in various places, including patios, paths and flower beds.

It can also be used on garden mulch to suppress weeds.

Easihold can be applied by pouring, spraying or mixing.

In Ellie’s video she shows how she uses it.

First, she poured the mixture into a spray bottle.

Loose stones

She then sprayed three layers directly onto the stones, after which she leveled them with a rake so that they ‘didn’t shift anymore’.

Ellie, who has more than 24,000 followers on TikTok, received 118,000 likes and more than 800 comments.

Many garden enthusiasts were intrigued and quickly asked more questions about the trick.

“If it gets wet, will it go back to normal?” asked one gardening enthusiast.

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Ellie cleaned up and replied, “No, it doesn’t wear out, it will eventually, but not after a little rain, haha.”

Another asked, “What if you wanted to change it in the future?” future and now it’s stuck.”

And Ellie replied, “You can just break it into pieces, just like any other building material.”

A third said: “We absolutely need these as my cat digs them up and my dog ​​runs over them, my garden is a mess.”

Garden work in September

As September begins, so does autumn. Veronica Lorraine, gardening editor at The Sun, has a few jobs to keep you busy as the summer sun fades.

1. Start thinking about spring bulbs

It’s early bulb season! As well as the more traditional daffodils, crocuses, alliums and bluebells, try snake-head fragillaries for something a little different.

2. Think of the bees

Be sure to continue to feed the bees with fall-flowering pollinators such as stonecrop, honeysuckle and asters.

3. Dig and enjoy your potatoes

The potatoes from the main crop are ready to be harvested. Make sure you harvest them all so they are not damaged by slugs.

4. Change your lawn mowing schedule

Raise the height of your lawn mower and start reducing the amount of mowing you do. Fertilize it in the fall, especially if you didn’t get around to it over the summer, and start raking to remove thatch.

5. Plant new perennials while the soil is still warm.

6. Take cuttings of salvia

It is as easy as cutting a shoot tip above a node and throwing it in a glass of water to see if roots develop. Especially with delicate Salvias that do not survive the winter.

7. Give camellias enough water so that buds will form again next year.

8. Keep removing faded flowers and watering your hanging baskets

They must continue until the first frost.

9. Make pumpkins Halloween-ready

Remove any leaves that are covering the pumpkins so they are ready for Halloween. Also make sure to water them regularly as they are very thirsty.

10. Check your pond

Cover your pond with a net to prevent it from filling up with fallen leaves when the trees start to fall.