Landscape Juice Network

Preferred Footwear.. oh and Ear Defs.

Hi All,

Please go easy as this is my first post...

I'm wondering what you all wear on your feet...

After a few years of wearing Karrimor shoes/boots (Mount Low/Mount High) waterproof and breathable, the last pair only lasted for…

Anti Vibration Gloves

Hi all,

Has anybody on here come across any decent anti vibration gloves with padding in the fingers, the ones I use at the moment are the Cutter ones but they have only padding on the palms. 

Thanks

Chris

App for daily inspections of vehicles / machinery

Does anyone either use or can recommend an app which would allow us to carry out daily inspection checks on work vans or machinery. It would also be useful if it could log maintenance or faults etc too. Either one app could do both or 2 separate…

Snow clearing

Our insurance brokers have confirmed that we are covered for clearing paths and drives (not roads).  Does anyone have a method statement or similar that we could follow while clearing snow?

Be careful out there

Thursday week ago I helped an elderly client who uses us to look after her formal gardens. She has a rough paddock area and separate gardener who looks after that -he hasn't turned up for 2 weeks "would I cut that grass?".  Of course I…

What would you do??

Hi,

I am in the middle of a patio job right now & would just like some advice please. 

From the very beginning of the job I’ve explained once Iv laid hardcore etc and lay the paving slabs not to walk all over it. 3 times I have…

Buying pesticides

I find it both annoying and frustrating that I have to, quite rightly, do at least two courses and tests to apply pesticides anywhere but a supplier just has to get a customer to agree, with no proof, that they are qualified to…

Interesting Warning for Gardeners

Dewayne Johnson v. Monsanto Company is the first Roundup cancer lawsuit to proceed to trial

Dewayne Johnson v. Monsanto Company is the first Roundup cancer lawsuit to proceed to trial. The lawsuit alleges exposure…

Accident at work...liability?

An employee of mine, who has recently left, has just put a claim in for compensation against my business. I would appreciate your opinions on the case.

He was driver of a Nissan Primastar, lawn mowers were put in side door. The staff have…

Not to be trusted with sharp tools? Change in the law banning home delivery.

Apparently there is a proposed change in the law that will mean you will only be able to buy bladed tools OTC (over the counter) in stores and at dealers.

I am not sure how this will affect purchasing gardening and horticultural hand tools,…