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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

Are these any good?

Started by Chris in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Machinery

11 Replies · Reply by Chris Dec 2, 2015

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Looking for some advice please , not looking for folk slaging me off as av seen on some sites before :) if you dont ask you dont know :)

I am very new to this game, started 2 years ago doing site maintenance and general tidying ups , pressure washing etc. From there I now have built up a very good business and now employ 5 staff , this summer we helped out a big company with grass cut

Started by Darren Horne in Groundscare

33 Replies · Reply by Richard Gadsby Dec 7, 2015

Snow clearing, is it worth the hassle?

After few inches of Snow has fallen overnight and frozen, is it worth the hassle to offer a basic path/drive clearing service?

is it a legal nightmare thats not worth entering? As we are in the Sue for trips and falls, and people are out to sue for an

Started by Richard in Groundscare

10 Replies · Reply by Gavin Gray Dec 5, 2015

Wolf tools any good?

for a relative newbie doing domestic gardens, are wolf tools up to much?

Started by Chris in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Machinery

24 Replies · Reply by Chris Nov 30, 2015

Removing of a knot garden

Got to remove a knot garden about 150 metres any clever tips??Used a mattock last time the plants are about 4 years old riddled with blightBest methods please for quickness

Started by chris in Groundscare

2 Replies · Reply by chris Nov 29, 2015

Newbie 49 year old seeking advice!

Good evening all!

I have for the past 15 years worked as a Specialist Paramedic in the south west, and during the past few years enjoyed some general garden maintenance and low level landscaping work for a few clients built up over this time. I found

Started by Simon Corbett in Design, Accountancy, and Business

14 Replies · Reply by Simon Corbett Dec 5, 2015

Beginners?

I'm a 47yr old gardener who's been trying to build up a gardening round part time in the face of impending redundancy at my full time job. Its now looking like the redundancy is imminent, and I've enjoyed working outside all year and hope to make som

Started by Chris in Business, Groundscare, and Landscaping

32 Replies · Reply by Chris Nov 28, 2015

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Box Blight - current treatment / processes ?

Been maintaining a large garden a year now which has a lot of recently planted ( two/three years approx) Box hedging - approx several hundred metres-

Extremely healthy up until this recent wet and warm spell of october / november

At the beginning

Started by dan in Groundscare and Landscaping

8 Replies · Reply by Progreen Weed Control Nov 24, 2015

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Grounds Maintenance teams wanted in Islay/Fife/Tayside

Ground Control Ltd is one of the UK.’s most established landscape solutions providers. To develop our “go-above-and-beyond” philosophy whilst ensuring that neighbourhoods flourish, we are looking to immediately expand the commercial grounds maintenan

Started by Ground Control in Groundscare and Landscaping

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Saltex visitor numbers 2005 to 2018

I'm still awaiting the official audited visitor numbers for Saltex 2015.

However, Fusion Media has published a blog post which claims 'over 8,000' people visited this year's event at the NEC Birmingham.

I've kept audited figures since 2005.

Whilst

Started by Phil Voice in Groundscare

31 Replies · Reply by Tony @SM Jan 5, 2019

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Gardener Olympics?

Ok this might be a bit of mad idea but would anyone else be interested in entering some kind of gardener skills competition?

I'm thinking hedge cutting (speed or level or both), strimming/edging a straight line, topiary trimming with shears, lawn cutt

Started by Darren Walters in Groundscare

3 Replies · Reply by Graham Wright Nov 13, 2015

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Weather Predictions - 50th Anniversary !

In an industry that is so weather dependent - how much do you rely on the forecast?

Crystal Ball or high tech guesswork? The Met office celebrates 50 years of using computers to model and predict the weather:

NWP takes the latest observations of the wo

Started by Progreen Weed Control in Groundscare, Health and Safety, and Weather

2 Replies · Reply by Peter Davis Nov 14, 2015

jet washing block paving

Hello,

I've been asked by a customer to jet wash his block paved drive he has done it before and so has some other handyman chap but neither of them have ever re kiln sanded it. neither have sealed the drive either so it get's mossy pretty quick and f

Started by Mitchel ingham in Groundscare

9 Replies · Reply by Geoff Norfolk Nov 8, 2015

Commercial green waste disposal

Hi any help appreciatedI currently own a Grounds Maintenance business based in Barnsley, South YorkshireOver the years I've never really had to dispose of any waste, due to having skips we can use on sites / cutting and dumping grass etcBut I'm getti

Started by Lee Revitt in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Waste

4 Replies · Reply by Phil Voice Nov 10, 2015

Lawn feed supplier

I'm looking for a good supplier of lawn feeds. Can anyone offer some recommendations please?

I'm based in Hertfordshire.

Started by Edward Wright in Groundscare

7 Replies · Reply by Agrigem - Sarah Kimm Nov 3, 2015

Too late to cut Privet/Ligustrum?

I have a customer who is insisting that they want a privet hedge cut this month - two faces trimmed and about two feet off the top. I've told them I think it's too late but they are adamant and if I don't do it I suspect they might just find someone

Started by Austin Campbell in Groundscare

6 Replies · Reply by Andy Oct 29, 2015

Pricing leaf clearance

Hello all. I've been wondering about how to charge for one-off leaf clearance jobs? I have a few customers on maintenance contracts with X visits per year, so their leaf clearance comes under the regular visits and I collect what I can in the regular

Started by Austin Campbell in Groundscare

32 Replies · Reply by Geoffrey King Nov 2, 2015

Best selective weedkiller for lawn care?

What does everyone recommended for selective weedkiller?

Started by Matt in Groundscare, Pesticides, and Turfcare

16 Replies · Reply by mark thomas Oct 30, 2015

Which is the best turf cutter available in the UK, share your opinion with the LJN

Hello LJNers,

So question this week is which Turf Cutter is the best in the UK.

Tell the Landscapers Juice Network which Turf Cutter is:

Best Value for Money?

Most reliable?

Happy sharing

With love from the GRASSify Team

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www.GRASSify.co.uk

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Started by Joe GRASSify in Design, Business, and Groundscare

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