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Grass cutting contract

I have been invited to quote for a grass cutting contract for a parish council, the contract is to cut a number of village greens. burial ground and a playing field.

The parish council will provide a ride on lawnmower and all other machinery will be p

Started by Craig in Groundscare

18 Replies · Reply by Mitchel ingham Feb 6, 2016

Just over three years ago, we took over the garden maintenance for a group of 5 retirement homes. All have large gardens and the previous maintenance left a little to be desired to say the least! During the first year, all of the gardens needed a 'b

Started by Colin Hunt in Groundscare

5 Replies · Reply by Busy Bee Garden Services Limited Feb 4, 2016

Identifying the cause of tree deaths...

I have a customer who I am in discussion with about landscaping their garden. Last spring they lost a lot of the trees they had there and they described the sequence as the trees came out into leaf as normal but then all the leaves turned brown and c

Started by Kirsty McGeorge in Groundscare and Tree Surgery

4 Replies · Reply by Kirsty McGeorge Feb 3, 2016

Etesia mower blades

Where is the best place to buy Etesia Duocut 18" blade online. Either original or Oregon copies?

Started by Damian Jones in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Machinery

14 Replies · Reply by Damian Jones Jan 28, 2016

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Would you chance seeding a lawn in December/January?

Why winter is a brilliant time to sow grass seed

"Over Christmas I was busy sowing grass seed. “She’s lost the plot”, you might be thinking. Thirty years ago I worked with an experienced 70-year-old head gardener, Les Jones, on the gardens at Staplef

Started by Phil Voice in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Turfcare

6 Replies · Reply by Busy Bee Garden Services Limited Jan 28, 2016

moss on wet pour

i been ask to clear moss from childrens play areas that have wet pour safety surface any ideas on what we can use to control moss . we pressure washed them today and took off the worse of the moss

Started by Roy Parker in Groundscare

6 Replies · Reply by Roy Parker Jan 26, 2016

Scag on the back of tipper

Hi everyoneI currently have a 48" Scag tiger cub which I use on a large school contract I have, I also keep my container there with all my gear inThe time has come to get a new van, I'm looking now for some sort of tipper with ramp etc to take the Sc

Started by Lee Revitt in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Machinery

9 Replies · Reply by matt evans Jan 26, 2016

Kohler courage engines

I'm considering buying an Etesia duocut 46 mower. It comes with the Kohler courage 6.75 engine.Now I've heard of Kohler but have no experience of their engines. Are they any good? Better than Briggs? Probably not as good as Honda?

Started by Damian Jones in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Machinery

26 Replies · Reply by Keith Jun 24, 2016

2015/16 Honda HRX476

Looking for a new 19/20" mower for the next cutting season. My old Honda 476 has finally died on me.Need a mower that collects well in the wet. My old Honda wasn't great at doing this. Are the new Hondas better at collecting wet grass?Also considerin

Started by Damian Jones in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Machinery

5 Replies · Reply by Damian Jones Jan 23, 2016

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ASBLOW - Campaign to ban noisy, polluting leaf/dust blowing machines

TO: SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/DEFRA, GARDENERS AND THOSE WHO HIRE GARDENERS

Our strategy is two-fold:
1. We are calling for legislation to ban noisy and polluting leaf blowing machines from being used in streets, public areas, near sc

Started by Phil Voice in Groundscare, Health and Safety, and Landscaping

23 Replies · Reply by Daniela McGhie Jan 23, 2016

The right soakaway for the 180sqm garden

We having problems with one of our client gardens. I know is very wet year, but it have to be solution for that. I am trying to find out the best way to install the soakaway in the back garden for our client. It lots of options, but I am not trust th

Started by Ted Kerbedis in Groundscare

3 Replies · Reply by Andy Tomlinson Mar 7, 2019

Whats your preference on hand tool brands?

Evening all,

One of my plans this year is to start collecting/hoarding more hand tools to give myself more choice and assist myself when working the soil. I have a couple of spades and one decent fork currently and about 4 rakes. My question is what

Started by Tom Beevor in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Turfcare

12 Replies · Reply by Daniela McGhie Jan 17, 2016

Ride on collector or Mulcher

We are looking to renew our machinery this coming season,we have a commercial customers with large grass areas and we are wondering wether to switch to a commercial Mulcher?

Currently we run a few mountfield high end domestic models,but they are not u

Started by Derek irving in Groundscare

59 Replies · Reply by Derek irving Jan 11, 2016

Professional fertilizers

Evening all,I'm in need of some fertiliser for a couple of my gardens in which the soil is seriously depleted. For several reasons, in this instance, I don't want to use horse manure et al, so if anyone can point me in the direction of a supplier of

Started by Tom Beevor in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Soil & compost

11 Replies · Reply by Tom Beevor Jan 4, 2016

How to survey a garden for French Drains?

I have visited a garden a few times over the last month that quite clearly has drainage issues.
Whilst walking on the lawn I leave 2-3cm deep footprints. The lawn has also sunk considerably around the perimeter of the garden.

The garden is roughly 15m

Started by Edward Wright in Groundscare

1 Reply · Reply by Mike Bradley Dec 28, 2015

Customers referring a friend

Was thinking of incentivising my customers next year getting them to work for me, Ie refering a friend for regular garden maintenance was thinking of £100 if the friend goes with a regular contract. Thinking of M&S vouchersAny views on anyone who has

Started by chris in Groundscare

5 Replies · Reply by briggsandscrapem Dec 19, 2015

Moving a pine tree

HiGot to move a pine tree which has only just been planted about 2.5 Mtrs50 cm width 40 cm depth it's heavy heavyAny tips on getting it out of the hole ?????No machineryThanks there will be 3 of us well 2 and a half to lift it outThanks

Started by chris in Groundscare

15 Replies · Reply by chris Dec 18, 2015

NoMix

Is NoMix still the only product that can be blanket sprayed over non-porous surfaces? Is anybody on here using it?

Started by Phil Seabrook in Groundscare and Pesticides

12 Replies · Reply by Roy Parker Jan 3, 2016

Platform tripod ladders

Hi just received an 10 ft professional Tripod ladder with 3 adjustable legs but there is nothing on it to say it's the Pro version anyway of telling ???

Started by chris in Groundscare

5 Replies · Reply by Harry@VWGS Dec 11, 2015

Your weapon of choice?

In my simplistic naivety I believe there are four levels or stages in a (landscape) gardener's evolution, namely:

1 . Estate car

2 . Car with decent trailer

3 . Van or pickup

4 . Flatbed or vehicle fleet

I'm a newbie at stage 2 with 4x4 and alloy, high-si

Started by Chris in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Machinery

46 Replies · Reply by Andrew Midgley Dec 6, 2015

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