Aside from cleaning the garden shed, weeding is probably at the top of every gardener’s list of jobs that they’d ditch if they could. It’s a super time-intensive job, and just when you think you’ve got all the weeds, five more pop up!
There are plenty of weedkillers on the market, but many of them contain nasty chemicals or take a long time to get to work. Richard Jackson’s Double Action Weedkiller contains a fast-acting, bio-degradable formula which gets deep into the weed and cuts it off at the root.
This effective product can save you time – as well as prevent that awful weeding backache. But until you get some for yourself, here are a few ways to procrastinate from your weeding jobs:
1. Planting potatoes
2. Cleaning the patio
3. Feeding the lawn
4. Washing the car
6. Repainting the shed
7. Shopping for garden lighting
8. Adding to the compost heap
9. Washing gardening aprons and gloves
10. Admiring newly planted LO Lilies
11. Spring cleaning the bedroom
12. Repainting the kitchen
13. Hoovering
14. Wiping dust off the leaves of houseplants
15. Re-organising cupboards
16. Donating old clothes to charity
17. Fluffing pillows
18. Changing the bed covers
19. Re-grouting the shower
20. Refreshing photos on display
21. Taking a bubble bath
22. Getting a haircut
23. Reading a book
24. Exfoliating
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26. Doodling
27. Having a nice cup of tea
28. Catching up on Hollyoaks
29. Listening to Dua Lipa’s album in full
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30. Harvesting some veg for a nice dinner
31. Going for a walk
32. Taking tennis lessons
33. Sweating it out at the gym
34. Going shopping
35. Playing Mario Kart
36. Eating at a restaurant
37. Visiting a National Trust landmark
38. Taking a picnic to the park
39. Litter picking at the beach
40. Foraging
41. Walking the High Line in New York
42. Getting stuck behind tourists at the Eiffel Tower
43. Eating tapas in Spain
44. Relaxing on a beach in the Maldives
45. Helping conservation efforts at the Great Barrier Reef
46. Island hopping in Greece
47. Finding amazing plants in the Amazon Rainforest
48. Discovering zen gardens in Japan
49. Watching stylish people from a cafe in Stockholm
50. Wandering around the Keukenhof Tulip gardens in The Netherlands
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51. Writing a blog post
52. Talking to you all on social media
53. Finding memes about plants
54. Streaming TV series
55. Shopping for cool plant pots
56. Getting lost down a Reddit hole
57. Googling myself
58. Looking up plant based recipes for dinner
59. Searching for new public gardens to visit
60. Seeing what my local plant nursery are up to
61. Sleeping
62. Answering emails
63. Booking shows for my Weird & Wacky Plants Tour
64. Drinking coffee
65. Trying to find a cool place to work for the day
66. Going on the road to speak at an event
67. Thinking up ideas for Michael Perry’s Garden World
68. Recording new videos for my YouTube channel
69. Organising fun competitions for Mr Plant Geek readers
70. Recording the Plant Based Podcast with Ellen Mary
71. Admiring the decor at Palm Vaults
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72. Visiting Kew Gardens
73. Seeing a show on the West End
74. Going on a river cruise
75. Walking along the Embankment
76. Shopping on Carnaby Street
77. Acting like a tourist in front of Big Ben
78. Going out-out in Soho
79. Taking lots of photos at Sky Garden
80. Browsing cacti and succulents at Prick
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81. Abseiling down a cliff
82. Swimming the Channel
83. Bungee jumping
84. Skydiving
85. Skiing down a mountain in The Alps
86. Surfing in shark infested waters
87. Free diving
88. Cheese rolling
89. Tobogganing
90. Hang gliding
91. Reading the entire works of Shakespeare
92. Acting out a Samuel Beckett play
93. Learning all the nicknames of characters in a Tolstoy novel
94. Sitting through an opera
95. Going to the ballet
96. Writing a 100,000 autobiography
97. Making up a poem about Geraniums
98. Painting a hyper-realist self-portrait
99. Going on a museum tour of the UK
100. Reading the info plaque of every piece of art at the Louvre
101. Walking the length of the Millennium Bridge on my hands
So, before you get out and tackle that list of 101 suggestions, you’ll need just 5 minutes in the garden. But, we have a helping hand for you! The Double Action Weedkiller from Richard Jackson now has a new battery operated power sprayer, and it’s coming to QVC on Saturday 13th April.
It really is the faster and the better way to kill weeds, so that you have more time for things you love doing.
The formula is double action, fast acting and glyphosate free! It is based on a naturally occurring ingredient in geranium leaves and it works very fast. Here’s some highlights of those weed-evaporating skills!
- Extra fast acting. Some weedkillers can take weeks to work. You can see this working in hours! On hot sunny days, results can be seen within 2 hours, on cooler, cloudier day, it still works within 24 hours.
- 100% glyphosate free. Reassuringly, this is based on a naturally occurring ingredient found in geranium leaves and is totally bio-degradable.
- Treats a wide range of weeds, including ground elder, bindweed, dandelions, nettles and couch grass. It’s also very effective on moss, weeds and grass growing in paving. It’s not recommended for control of Ivy, horsetail and Japanese Knot weed, or for treating weeds in lawns (use a lawn weedkiller like Vitax LawnClear for these).
- Pets and kids can re-enter the treated area once it has dried.
- For best results: Spray on a dry day, on dry leaves, and don’t spray if it’s likely to rain within 4 hours otherwise the weedkiller won’t be fully absorbed. And try to spray all of the leaves to make sure as much weedkiller as possible is absorbed.
- 1020 ml concentrate treats up to 60sq metres of weeds.
With results this quick, you won’t want to miss out! Join the QVC team with this amazing offer on Saturday 13th April, order your pack now, click here!
Michael has been involved with gardening and plants since he was just five years old. He is a self-professed Plant Geek, and was listed in the Sunday Times top 20 most influential people in the gardening world, thanks to his plant hunter role at Thompson & Morgan.
Michael was responsible for new plant introductions such as the Egg and Chips plant and the FuchsiaBerry and keeps busy travelling the world in search of new plants as well as lecturing worldwide, including stints in Japan. He is very active on social media – so why not give him a follow at @mr_plantgeek or Facebook. You can also listen to The Plant Based Podcast with Michael and co-host Ellen-Mary on iTunes, Spotify and Google.
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