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Hydrangeas October hard pruning ?

A customer has requested her hydrangeas be pruned to the ground in October , She has had them pruned in this fashion once every Three years in October ( not by me ) are there any benefits or risks if new wood starts to  grow over Winter ?  I dont…

Lawnflite pro mowers

morning people  hope everyone is doing well , has anyone had any experience with the lawnflite pro  mowers  what are your thoughts. 

Cheers 

chris. 

Petrol Pole Trimmer recommendations

Hello All,

What are people using for their hedge jobs? I've been using a Makita PTR2500, a Makita RBC2510 or a Tanaka TBC2211. None of these machines are my own, however, and I need to buy one. Trouble is, all of these machines are 8+ years…

Garden Design on a Steep Slope

Hi All,

So after 20 years of garden maintenance including design and development, the change over to design and landscaping has started (…

Fence Treatment work

Hi all

I'm just starting out in my gardening/handyman business. Yesterday I did a hedge cut job for a new client (recommend via someone I know).

Client asked me to quote on staining the fences. It's quite a longish run, most 6ft high…

Garden Design Software 2D to 3D; 3D to 2D

Hi All,

I'm new to your forum here, but not new to gardening. Been growing plants for 45 years and gardening professionally since 1996.…

Retaining wall prices specifically sleeper retaining walls

Hi there

I am pricing quite a lot of retaining wall jobs and as they are quite a big part of landscaping i am trying to tune my meterage prices.

Can anyone help me with their meterage rates for the construction of sleeper…

Books

morning all hope everyone’s doing well on this wet Wednesday...can anyone recommend some good books on lawn care preferably with a good bit of technical detail about scarifying, fertilisers an the like. 

Cheers 

chris. 

Lawn Chamomile invasion problem .

A customer pointed out a plant which has crept under a boundary fence from a neighbouring property travelled through a narrow border and established itself in their manicured lawn . . 

I idenrtified it as lawn chamomile which i personally…

Any experience with Husqvarna Duo Pro Chipper/Shredder?

I'm hoping to add a chipper/shredder to my kit and I've seen this Husqvarna model quite close to me. They're a well respected brand but I can't find hardly any reviews on them online so wanted to know if anyone has any real world experience with…

What to do with an oversized Cherry Laurel?

I have recently taken on a garden with two massive cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus). They are approximately 8m tall and have 2-3 main trunks each.
Client keen to retain them to keep privacy, but they are so dominating and its a dark…

Re-edging with wood along a curved gravel path

Ideas, comments etc welcome....

A curved, stream-side path originally edged using wood planks and wooden stakes, ‘containing’ a compacted gravel path.

Since created (many, many years ago) the wood edging has rotted and is…