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What did you think of GroundsFest?

Speaking as an exhibitor, I thought it was OK. First day was busy; second day a bit disappointing but still some good quality enquiries. we shall exhibit again next year.

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Seasons greetings from the Voices

Dear All, 

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support for another year at Landscape Juice!

We appreciate your constant use of the site and for keeping our community alive. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas

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Tool for weeds in block pavers/slabs

Evening

What tools are you using for removing weeds/grass from in between block paving and patios. I find the long wispy strands a real pain and very time consuming try too avoid using a strimmer if near windows etc what are others using please.

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Lawn maintenance in NI

hello all. Bit random but anyone here based in NI? How is business over the water? 

I was having a random conversation a while back, with a tradesman (not a gardener) and he says gardeners are in huge demand in NI. I was saying about my area was over

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IS IT THE END OF POLLARDING FOR THE FRENCH?

 

The presence of long, ordered rows of trees is a common sight along roads and streets in France. Growing up, I witnessed the changing of seasons, and surely enough, during the winter months, the lime and plane trees would be pruned to an inch of the

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Bank holiday Thurs/Fri

I'm just wondering is everybody working as normal over these next 2 bank holidays? We are on our regular Weekly/Fortnightly maintenance & cuts.

Would love the extra time off but leaving some a whole month before the next visit would just make it so di

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Non flowering wisteria

Are there any serious wisteria experts on here? I need to pick your brains. 

I have a wisteria that I have been maintaining for a few years now, but the damned thing is refusing to flower. It seems to be a variety that comes into leaf early, it is alm

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Fortnightly to Monthly Maintenance

Just coming into my 3rd week of this years grass cutting & Maintenance & 2 or 3 of my customers have asked for Monthly visits rather than the usual fortnightly visits that they've been having over the years.

Now i understand people have budgets etc bu

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Gauging price for selling second hand kit ?

Hi everyone, 

 

quick question, how does everyone gauge how much you sell second hand machines for? Look around at prices of similar items already up for sale? Work out a depreciation, how much the machine owes you? Just looking at getting peoples view

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THE POWER OF FUNGI

I've just stumbled upon this bite-sized video of a topic I last wrote about over on the Blog page. I have always tended to see if there is a natural remedy for an issue I'm having before going out to buy medication, but learning about the powers of p

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An interesting read!

https://journals.ashs.org/downloadpdf/journals/horttech/2/2/article-p159.pdf

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Trees & Roots - Stunning

Absolutely stunning pictorial representations of a tree's presence underground 😳😳😳

Quercus ;

More here .....

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Seasons Greetings

Dear Juicers, 

As Gary has already said, it is that time of year again, Christmas is here.

It is time to wind down for the festive period and enjoy some much needed and well deserved rest.

With another complicated year due to the pandemic drawing to

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A Merry Christmas from all at LJN

It's nearly here......

We've finished work, cleared up, put the vans and machinery to bed and are thoroughly looking forward to a well earned break.

As I'm tidying up on LJN, I just wanted to wish you all the best.

It's been somewhat of another stran

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California’s landscapers to bear brunt of ban on gas-powered lawnmowers

Very relevant given recent discussions over this and with COP26 kicking off today....

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/31/california-lawnmower-ban-gas-powered-landscapers?

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