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Privet hedges dieing

Hi Has anyone got the same problem we have in our area in Warwickshire, the privet hedges atleast 40years old or more are dieing, I appreciate the dry weather hasn't helped but this looks like the same as what's destroying the box hedging.And any recommendations on replacement formal hedging on the front gardens of the housing estate would be welcome,not laurel or conifers,thanks in advance, I was thinking maybe Photinia.Thanks in advance 

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Help change email on here

Trying to change my email on here, followed instructions and received an email from LJN asking me to confirm changes by clicking on link within the email ,but there is no link!!  Why make it so difficult?  LJN is not exactly a high risk site , in comparison changed it at banks etc with one click.

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Paving pushing up because of the hot and super dry weather

I would love to hear if anyone has had an experience of paving being pushed up because of the hot and dry weather this summer. We have had a number of patios where this has become a problem (a couple we laid ourselves and quite a few more where another landscaper has laid the patio. )All our patios have been laid with 100mm subbase layer and then laid on a full sand/cement bed. the back of the paving has been primed (infact most of the slabs are still stuck to the sand/cement base)One patio was…

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Growth/Shoots in lawn

Hi All, In a cleints garden, I'm having a real problem with these shoots that are coming up in the lawn.I'm digging them out as I go, they are on long roots. they have an oval shape leaf and develop nasty thorns. See pics.Can anyone help identify them. They must be from a neighbours garden (epicormic growth?)Thanks all. 

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Gardening & Landscaping Recruitment

This year's been a real struggle to find good landscaping and gardening staff to join our team up in Scotland, has anybody else been having issues this year? for some reason nobody wants to work. We now have a full diary and still lots of inquiries coming in with a huge waiting list which is frustrating as we would like the business to grow restricted by staffing.Has anybody got any recruitment tips ?  

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