We've been busy this year creating garden designs for landscapers who are working mainly on domestic projects, so it was a treat to be asked to design a sensory garden for Tapping House Hospice in Norfolk.
The space at the moment is…
We've been busy this year creating garden designs for landscapers who are working mainly on domestic projects, so it was a treat to be asked to design a sensory garden for Tapping House Hospice in Norfolk.
The space at the moment is…
The ICL Independent Schools Seminar recently returned in full force after a two-year absence due to the pandemic.
Held at the all-new Sports Turf Academy within Leicester City FC’s world-class training facility, approximately 50 turf…
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My fellow pro gardeners raised the question during a hose pipe ban Are we allowed to use domestic clients hoses as professionals carrying out our work to keep a planting job alive ? I understand nurseries garden centres etc can and via a standpipe u can but does it apply I.e after laying a lawn can we water it in I wouldn't lay a lawn in this but the question is there
Read more…Not sure what to do for the best here .Doing a one off maintenance project for a customer i have worked for in the past but not a regular customer , however they always paid promptly and never any issues , lovely people .Have submitted Two invoices , First one they could not pay due to cah flow problems they will pay they promise once the situation is sorted out , I had no reason to doubt otherwise so carried on working and submitted a second invoice but same response '' we will pay once our…
Read more…We have a job coming up to plant 2000 plants in 2lt pots in ground that has brick ends,rubble etc Has anyone used a petrol posthole borer for similar? We do know we need one with a clutch as the one's without are wrist breakers.Be grateful for any thoughts.
Read more…Hi all.I recently purchased a Trueshopping grass strimmer. As caretaker of a school, I have some quite large areas of weeds and nettles etc to keep at bay. I assembled the unit, which took quite a while and then attempted to start it. Well, it did even want to fire up at all. After further investigation I discovered that the sparkplug was not even remotely tight within its housing. Even more alarming was the poor design of the spark plug cover and lead connection. The spring into which the…
Read more…Whats peoples thoughts on applying wetting agents to a lawn. Especially given the extreme hot weather and dry spell we've recently had and no doubt will have more of in the future?
Read more…Once in a while I need to cut wild clumpy grass with meter high nettles & bindweed. It's often wet. What's the best Stihl blade for this ? I don't think the shedding blade would work as it has downturned ends that might catch on stones etc. I was going to get the standard 4 lobed blade but Stihl say this is for long dry grass.
Read more…My Oase 6000 pump has stopped working. It has given many years of service, so I don't blame it!Whilst investigating the problem, I discovered that my multimeter was reading approx 280v. It was showing 249v on other items fed from the same source. Is it perhaps picking up a reading from the pump's capacitor or does the high reading simply indicate an internal fault in the pump?
Read more…Client is fed up of wasting fertiliser on a lawn that may be dug up in the future. Would some bags of 4-12-12 lawn fertiliser by a brand I'm sure most of you are are familiar with be suitable for use as a top dressing for pots and borders? Of course a weed and feed would not be suitable, but am I right I'm saying that this 4-12-12 is probably identical to something sold as a granular feed?Thanks in advance
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