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Tree pruner

Can someone recommend a high quality telescopic tree pruner?

Started by Damian Jones in Health and Safety, Consumer, and Tree Surgery

11 Replies · Reply by Benedict Simmons Jan 26, 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

Hi fellow gardeners and landscapers, Merry Xmas to you all and a profitable, healthy and happy New Year :-)So ... of all the jobs that it's NOT good to develop a case of tennis-elbow in, guess what ... I've blooming only contracted it innit! I reckon

Started by Chris in Health and Safety

22 Replies · Reply by John F Sep 29, 2016

crb check

I have the chance to quote for some work at a primary school, will be going for a meeting latter in the week, but I am not sure what checks are carried out!

I am sure I will need to provide a crb check, this is not an issue but i am unsure exactly wha

Started by matt day in Health and Safety

4 Replies · Reply by Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd Dec 1, 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

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Leaf Clearence

Started by Gary RK in Health and Safety

5 Replies · Reply by Darren Walters Nov 19, 2015

Working at Height

Hi Guys,

Does anyone have a generic working at height risk assessment form i could download?

For cutting hedges etc.

Thanks

Derek

Started by Derek irving in Health and Safety

5 Replies · Reply by James Brett Nov 19, 2015

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France

What do you all think about the Paris attacks? Makes me wonder about the world my kids will inherit.Also makes me glad to live in nowhereshire! Not enough targets near me.Sad sad days.

Started by Richard Gadsby in Health and Safety

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Smooth wheelbarrow operator

Not recommended if the wheelbarrow is full of bricks:

Started by Phil Voice in Health and Safety

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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

Help

Hello everyone any ideas where I can download a risk assement form from regarding felling some beech and oak trees

Started by Tristain in Health and Safety

2 Replies · Reply by Tristain Oct 31, 2015

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Oh yuck!

Just been cleaning out the shed at a customers, now going to be a log store. Pulled down a bag of straw (used to keep the pond clear) from up high and the biggest, ugliest, fattest, rat I have ever seen bounced off my head and with a hefty size thirt

Started by Andy in Health and Safety

6 Replies · Reply by Daniela McGhie Oct 31, 2015

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Industries where employees drink the most (or the least)

Assuming gardening is classified as within agriculture and forestry*, our industry fairs well. Perhaps it's because we get our lift from being in open spaces and the experience of plants and colour?

Having said that............do hard landscapers com

Started by Phil Voice in Health and Safety

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Think before you blow - garden writer says it's not just leaves you're blowing around

Leaf blower users, remember it’s not just leaves you are blowing around: dust, fungal spores, pathogens, and yes, faeces. It’s true, sadly.
— Jane Powers (@PowersFlowers) October 5, 2015

Started by Landscape Juice in Groundscare and Health and Safety

5 Replies · Reply by James Brett Oct 9, 2015

Anxiety and depression rife as calls to business debt hotline soar

With some small business owners owing more than £100,000, money worries have a huge personal cost. Getting expert help is crucial.

Businesses have long taken on debt in order to expand and grow. Yet what happens if things don’t go as planned? Trying

Started by Landscape Juice in Accountancy, Business, and Health and Safety

8 Replies · Reply by Graham Wright Oct 5, 2015

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Three Hurt in Cinema Leaf Blower Prank - It could only happen in America !

News Story:

"Ever heard the saying that you “can't yell ‘fire!’ in a crowded theater”? Well, a couple of imbeciles in Newport Beach, CA, cranked it up a few decibels when they stormed into a movie screening while revving a leaf blower. Terrified mov

Started by Gary RK in Health and Safety

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Change in Self-employed H&S duties from 1st October 2015

What are my Duties as Self-employed?

From the 1st October 2015, if you are self-employed and your work activity poses no potential risk to the health and safety of other workers or members of the public, then health and safety law will not apply to y

Started by Gary RK in Health and Safety

5 Replies · Reply by Andrew Midgley Oct 1, 2015

Business owners struggle to ease work-life imbalance

A survey has found that a quarter of small business owners have fallen ill due to stress and overwork

When Hannah Cook set up Mendip Accounting Solutions in 2005, the idea was to create a career for herself that would fit around her family plans. Sin

Started by Landscape Juice in Health and Safety

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Cutting through mains power cable to house.. Who's liable? Any advice very welcome

When I start a landscape project in a front garden I always check where the mains are running and if necessary use a detector.I was doing a simple planting job last week that involved planting a privet hedge in an existing bed up the side of a house.

Started by william frost in Groundscare, Health and Safety, and Landscaping

17 Replies · Reply by william frost Sep 9, 2015

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Understanding the difference between a hazard and a risk

The difference between a hazard (something with intrinsic properties to cause harm) and a risk (the actual chance of harm occurring) is very important in the world of plant science. Critics often call for bans on crop protection products based only o

Started by Phil Voice in Health and Safety

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