Many gardeners prefer the smaller garden for they have little time or inclination for anything larger. Have you ever thought how much time you need or want to devote on your garden? Well perhaps it’s not as much as you think. Maybe as little as one or two hours a week. Let us take a very simple example. A small lawn will take probably less than an hour a week to cut and will keep lawn weeds down. A hedge will need to be cut at least once or twice a year. The remaining work will just mean walking around for a few minutes each week with a pair of scissors or sharp secateurs dead-heading or cutting out the weeds with a garden hoe. After this arduous work schedule you may sit back