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Beech hedge reduction - tools required?

Hi guys, first post here - great forum!  I have a job booked in two months time to reduce a beech hedge (once birds have flown nests).  It's around 9-10ft tall, 4-5 ft wide and 150ft long.  It needs to come down to around 6 ft high (so a fair bit…

decent winter gloves

can anyone post a link to decent waterproof gloves. 

i used to just buy:

latex coated rubber builders gloves orange or green ebay there fine until its wet or dew on grass and they just get soaking .. green hands etc and rough…

Japanese Knotweed/ invasive species mangement plan template.

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone could offer any help and guidance on a management plan template for invasive weeds and plants. I want to use the winter downtime to get all my paperwork in order for the following season. I've been unable to…

Shrubs, Trees, Foundations, (Underground drainage pipes?)

Hi All,

I periodically get asked the question "Is this planted too close to the house?". I can rarely give an authoritative answer, and usually say it is a specific area of…

Ego Hedge Trimmer Attachment problem

Hi, I purchased a Ego multitool with the pole saw and hedge trimmer attachments in April 2018 and has been used on a regular basis, while using the hedge cutter it just suddenly stopped there was nothing blocking the blades. So when I got home…

Artificial Grass - Courses?

Hi all, 

Does anybody know of any courses in Scotland, preferably central belt that does courses on Artifical Grass? 

thanks 

Garden Design on a Steep Slope

Hi All,

So after 20 years of garden maintenance including design and development, the change over to design and landscaping has started (…

Best Stihl brushcutter?

You know that old saying about buying cheap and buying twice, well I've learned the hard way. My brushcutter is worthy of nothing but the bin. 

I'd like a petrol Stihl under £300 and they look pretty good, just wondered if anyone had any…

FACTS - Turf Certification Training

Quick heads up - anyone interested in furthering their training and knowledge ...we are running a very rare FACTS course to equip managers, groundsmen, turf specialists, sole traders etc with high level knowledge on fertiliser and nutrient…

repairing artificial grass

I went to quote a job which I was told was weeding.

when I got there there was weeds coming through artificial grass (having not a lot of exp in this) I noticed It had no membrane.

my question is , will all the compacted sand have to…

7000th member and rising

This week Landscape Juice Network (LJN) passed yet another amazing milestone - it's 7000th member !

I would like to thank every single member for making yet another major milestone possible -…

Too late to cut deciduous hedges?

I'm being asked to cut a deciduous hedge towards the end of the this month (only free time I have) - but wasn't sure if this was too late in the year? We're south of england, but frosts are happening and I give it two weeks before most trees are…