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  Jackson's Landscape Design February 10, 2009 at 1:51am

  Every given opportunity i will update my package ie, risk assessments for mortar and screeds or catch up with labeling and itemising product ranges, e mails, tools in for servicing, sketching, suck information from the vast range of plants books, continue teaching myself vectorworks, bring forward consultations (with a little help from my clients)etc etc, constantly seeking to improve my practice
  
  Cant offer any help with the skiing situation, but i could offer help with a steady snorkel dive in the warm waters off Bridgetown, Barbados
  
  Good Luck
  Kerry
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  claudia de yong February 10, 2009 at 6:08am

  Now that sounds better.Barbados is somewhere I am very fond of.Been going there for 20 years. Anyway, dreaming aside, I agree it is a time to catch up on all the things one doesn' t have time to do when working.
  
  Kerry Jackson said:

  Every given opportunity i will update my package ie, risk assessments for mortar and screeds or catch up with labeling and itemising product ranges, e mails, tools in for servicing, sketching, suck information from the vast range of plants books, continue teaching myself vectorworks, bring forward consultations (with a little help from my clients)etc etc, constantly seeking to improve my practice
  
  Cant offer any help with the skiing situation, but i could offer help with a steady snorkel dive in the warm waters off Bridgetown, Barbados
  
  Good Luck
  Kerry
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  Mark February 10, 2009 at 7:17am

  At the start of last week things were that bad I decorated the up stairs hall way (2 years in the waiting !) I tend to just juggle stuff about and work as much as I can when I can, so weekends are used etc..
  
  I have lost more days this year than last though...ah well that's weather for you ;-)
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  ian February 10, 2009 at 2:31pm

  ive been really very quiet cos of the snow and bad weather, i was also thinking going to austria every year as im a keen skier, might be somthing to look into being a ski instructor, dunno if ud make much money though, prob more for the fun of it! im off skiing on the 20th whowwwwwwwwwwww
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  Graeme @ BGS February 10, 2009 at 9:02pm

  The last few weeks have been fairly disappointing and frustrating as we have been unable to start on a number of jobs mainly due to H&S concerns and the bad weather. This has been the quietest February that I can recall.
  
  However all has not been lost as the work can stack up if only our cash flow could as well!
  
  Been busy getting the back office side of the business sorted and preparing for the start of the season. Actually this has been ongoing since mid December and has really paid dividends for generating a lot of work for 2009.
  
  Using the “free time” to network particularly on the commercial side of the business and hopefully we will get more work over the next few months.
  
  I am concerned with the vast amount of coffee that I am consuming and beginning to wonder if this is the reason I can’t sleep.
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  Empire Garden Services February 11, 2009 at 12:00am

  I alway clean and service my Tools, and any maintenance to our own house!
  
  lway prefer to be workin tho! I hate snow now
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  Susan February 11, 2009 at 3:30pm

  We work all year round, rain, hail or snow. The guys get kitted with the best gear right down to wooly socks and thermal gloves, and we have a canopy to do wortar work in the rain - no excuse for not working !
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  Graeme @ BGS February 11, 2009 at 3:34pm

  Us southerns are all too soft! :-)
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  Susan February 11, 2009 at 3:57pm

  yes there's alimit in below freezing temperatures, but so far we always find something to do.
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  cornwall garden landscaping February 12, 2009 at 10:51pm

  hi wrking in bad weather is realy depenant on the wrk thats on done loads of great planting in wet weather but snow is a different ball game altogther i did one time cutt a clints grass with 5 inch of snow on top not very proffesnal but the clints always right so they say............ roger rj landscape