With spring well underway, many families will be using their garden for the first time this year and thinking ahead to their summer plans. Whether you can't wait for BBQs in the warmer months or another exciting event, you might wish your grass looked that little bit greener.

Thankfully, a gardening enthusiast has revealed how to get a "perfect lawn", and he claims it only requires three steps. The advice was shared by blogger @gardening.with.ish, who posts daily gardening tips for his 70,000 followers on TikTok.

In a recent video, the TikToker shared "The Lazy Gardener's Guide to a Perfect Lawn." Ish said: "Today in the garden, I'm going to give you my ultimate lazy gardener guide on how to make your lawn absolutely perfect in only three steps. First things first, you need something known as iron sulphate.

"Now, this is super duper easy. You put the recommended dosage in your watering can and sprinkle it all over the lawn, and as a result, the iron in it boosts up the greenness of your grass, but also burns things like moss and weeds, keeping all the bad bits out but the good bits in."

For the next step, you'll require some equipment, though it doesn't need to be expensive. The blogger explained: "You're going to want to scarify the lawn. Now, you can do that with a garden fork, or you can use one of these, a specific scarifier."

Showcasing his scarifier, the expert explained: "This has rotating blades that go into the soil, creating air pockets and more drainage.

"It also pulls away some of the thatch layer, which is a buildup of grass cuttings, which prevent light and air from getting through to those roots and creating perfect grass."

While your garden might look worse for wear after completing this step, the expert said to trust the process. Ish told viewers: "Warning in advance, your grass is going to look ugly as hell after this, but I promise you, it's worth it."

He continued: "Now that your lawn looks semi-destroyed, you can address the next problem, which is the bald patches. You'll get quite a few of them in the lawn, and now that you've made the air pockets it's super easy just to add some grass seed on top, and chuck a load all over the place as well and overseed your lawn."

Finally, all that's left to do is maintain your garden. Thankfully, the hardest part is over. Ish advised: "Give it a good water every day or so and in the next four to five weeks this lawn will look absolutely perfect."

He added: "You don't need to mow it for the next few weeks, either. Just keep it well-watered and that's it. Easy lawn in three steps."