Landscape Juice Network

The acceptable level of scarifying

A very good client recently had his lawn scarified after treatment by lawn specialists ,There were three visits in total owing to the size of the lawn so a continuation of treated areas and not going over the patches already scarified which are…

Do felled Leylandii roots remain active ?

 A property i am involved with has had the surveyors out to examine the cause of its subsidence , One contributing factor they say is it has a screen comprising of 25 leylandii conifers approx 10 metres from the house which need removing , The…

Garden maintenance

Looking for your thoughts on diversifying garden metal work into garden maintenance business. Also please check out my original post regarding mitox and husqvarna kit and my background information. Honestly any info is greatly appreciated. 

Mitox machines

Hello everybody I'm looking to diversify my garden metal work business to incorporate garden maintenance I currently use husqvarna for my saw and brush cutter use. However I have also got a mitox brush cutter that was gifted to me as a back up…

Cement stains

Please help.

I pointed a sandstone patio the good old fashioned way with sand and cement. As it was setting I got hit by a torrential downpour and it made a right mess.

Spent today power washing and this has had some effect but more…

Mini Digger hire (and Operator) and Leaf Blower advice

Afternoon all,

I'm a newbie to the site and actually after two bits of help please.

1) I'm quoting on latying a new lawn, but the customer wants the lawn lowered by around 6-12 inches - only about 25ft x 15ft, So i was…

Open graded stone block paving

we have carried out a few permeable paved driveways. We have used type 3 Mot sub base and then 6mm open graded stone as a screed bed. 

My thought is could you use standard 10mm gravel as a screed bed? Probably not for a permeable purpose as…

Storing Seed/Fert in plastic buckets.

I'm forever nicking the sides of bags, not quite doing them up correctly as well as not really being able to neatly store bags of seed etc. Would food grade plastic buckets work for storage without shortening the shelf life of the…

Mower

Hi, we currently have a Weibang Asd but finding it’s not as good as what people said about collecting grass in the wet. Seems to clog up on way to grass box anyone else find this and has anyone got experience with Toro mowers, we always used toro…

Lime and Plasticiser

I’m just wondering. How to people decide when use lime or plasticiser in mortar mixes and importantly when NOT to use them. I’ve seen people who use plasticiser all the time to the point I’m starting to wonder why doesn’t everyone all the time,…

Laying Easigrass

Hello all experienced installers, or anyone with a creative solution!

We have just tried to lay a 6x4m section of Easigrass. For some unknown reason ( probably just rushing in the hot weather ) we cut the 6m long section too narrow…