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Easter

So the Archbishop thinks the NT/Cadbury lack of Easter mentions "spits on Cadbury's grave".Hands up who knows:

1. What is the meaning of Easter

2. Why do we have eggs

3. Why chocolate eggs

NO Googling!

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Trashing Eden: How our countryside became a dumping ground

This month Countryfile magazine graphically shows how our beautiful landscape is becoming blighted with the modern day desire to dump rubbish for someone else to deal with......

"With fly-tipping now topping 900,000 cases a year and litter costing us

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Contemporary curved planters

Hi everyone,

I hope the new season is going well for you?

Currently working on a contemporary garden design and using lots of empathetic curves.. want to create curved planters and wonder what you think is the best material to use for the basic constru

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Here are the ages you peak at everything throughout life

Saw this go through on Twitter today. Read it and thought........... blimey it's all downhill until I'm 69 now....

If you want to find out more, original article from Business Insider UK is here

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General tidy up price

Hi guys,I am just wondering how you go about pricing a general tidy up of a garden? Do you have a minimum price per hour and calculate how many hours the job will take you or what?I recently heard about someone being quoted £800 for a general tidy up

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Pointing and jointing products

Good morning all,What pointing products do you use? What works well for you and what have you had bad experiences with?In particular has anyone ever used tufftop jointing mortar?Cheers all

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LJN front page Activity Feed issues

Hi all,

We are currently experiencing a small issue with the Activity Feed not appearing on the front page under the "UK Landscape and Horticulture forum" heading

It can be manually refreshed by selecting / flipping between one of the three options u

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Self supported trellis?

Hi all,I've been asked to quote for a job that in essence seems quite straightforward but as I've not done anything like it before, I thought I'd ask you good folks for your thoughts first :)The client wants 4 new roses planted, equidistant from each

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Back online:)

Was it just me or was the site down?

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Weed Killing - Certification??

Afternoon folks.

I have had a request from a customer to spray their block paving area with weed killer. I use Gallup 360 on my own property with good results so thinking may try this. My question is do i need any certification to use Gallup 360 on a

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regular gardening

im looking at garden maintenance pricing and wondered how others work this out over the year for non direct debit clients to incorporate the extra time spent in clients gardens in autumn /winter compared to other months of the year. do you spread the

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BARK job leads

Hi has anyone had experience with Bark.com to find leads, I have had good success with Rated People but just cant get Bark, I get 6-8 emails a day from them for jobs but haven't yet brought any, are there job post real or is it just a waste of money.

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Bit of a rant and a question?

This has been an annoyance to me for many years and I would love to know the answer to a question. To the people that use a blower to clear their clients gardens and just blow the leaves off into the middle of the road, what on earth is going through

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grass cuttings

Thanks everyone for the advice on mowers/blowers. I have been asked to do a quote on a large ground maintenance  around a retirement home.What does everyone do with the grass cuttings/leaves do you have them collected? i have read that i will need a

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Landscaping works required in the Ampthill area.

Garden%20Measurements.pdf 

Can someone give me recommendations for someone to quote for a landscaping job required in Ampthill by my nephew. Works will involve rendered blockwork, Decking, external electrical works and paving.

Thanks John

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Cracked and split skin on hands?

Hey everyone, I've only been back in the gardens a week and already my fingers and hands are splitting all over , I use hand creams as much as any man would dare but it's not touching the dryness of the skin. Is anyone else been having this problem?

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Here's a tip

When working on muddy or sticky ground, stand in a couple of tubs.  You can shuffle around in them too.  May not be H&S approved!

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Landscape Jobs Mid Essex

Hello there,I have a small business compiled of a handful of hard working and dedicated staff members.I am looking for more landscape/garden maintenence work as it has gone quiet over the winter we specialise in decks and patios but can offer one off

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Blue Monday: 31 reasons living in Surrey makes you one of the luckiest people in the world

Just thought I would light the 'blue touchpaper' to warm up a Blue Monday 

"Surrey really is a very special place to live and we want to celebrate that, especially on Blue Monday, (January 16), which is apparently the most depressing day of the yea

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Cut fence posts to size? What's your method

How do you cut your posts down to size once you have erected your fencing? Chainsaw? Hand saw? Reciprocating saw?

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