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Taking waste away.

Morning everyone hope everyone is doin good. I've been asked by a potential customer if I can take the waste away as they don't have a garden bin. This is something  generally I don't do. The waste is going to be from maintenance visits so majority o

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Landscape Showroom

Hi all, 

I have recently joined LJN and thought I would put a quick post on here about my new business. 

I have just opened a Landscape Showroom and Products Shop in Newmarket, Suffolk. We have 4 indoor display gardens, composite decking display, art

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Painting Fences ?

What is regarded as the best fence paint brand to paint or stain a new tannalised timber fence please ? Blue or Grey is the customers preffered choice of colour . 

Thanks .

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Fence Post Failure - Has It Happened to You?

As a producer of long life fencing products, we're always interested to hear about peoples experiences using timber fence posts. We're seeing more and more fence post failures from unprotected timber and the damaging effects it can have on peoples re

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How to construct a curvy wall...

Hello everyone,

I have a design client who wants to have a low wall to edge my curvy planting border.  It would be white rendered - he's keen on mosaic on it like Gaudi - see picture below.  I said that in concrete it would cost a lot - is that right?

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Gate Sag ,Turnbuckle kits . ?

A customer has a joiner made wooden gate , problem is it keeps warping when it gets wet and overlapping by 6mm on the closing post , also binding on the hinge side post . 

customer has asked for the overlap smoothing off but i have explained when the

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Neglected Alley

Hoping i can describe this without photo 

A client has asked for Two estimates 

1 to weed two 16 metre strips of land  ( 16 metres long x 6 inches wide ) l on both sides of an alley between properties which forms the back entrances to the properties . 

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Drainage behind a small property

Hi there, I've done a lot of research and still stumped. I want to create more drainage at the rear of a small chalet ... Problem is, if we put pipes in (French Drain), there is nowhere for the pipe to direct the water as we're in a 'row' of chalets.

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self seeding annuals

I have a customer who is determined to have borders and beds filled with self seeding annuals . Owing to the exposed postion of the garden in relation to neighbours gardens i can see potential problems arising they will not go unnoticed . 

No problem

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Trade Partners

With Iconic kitchens supplied exclusivly through the trade we are starting to build our CRM database.

Although we design and build our kitchens offering an installation service for the units, worksurfaces, grills, fridges, sinks and all other componen

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Camelias stressed / deficient / Lime leaching ? soil testing ?

At least Three gardens i have visited with mature camelias appear to be showing signs of stress or defficiency , drooping light green leaves flower buds stunted , previously vigerous with dark green glossy leaves . 

The temperature here in Yorkshire h

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Root cutting spades

Has anyone use any of the various root cutter spades - I mean the ones with teeth on the side ?  For example:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/81-cm-Mini-Root-Assassin/dp/B01NAL07O3/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&keywords=root%2Bcutter&qid=1617532685&sr=8-11&th=1

They s

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when do you cut hedges?

Sorry for the lay person question but Just starting out and I just need some advice from pros on when you trim your hedges? Lots of varied advice online. Most hedges round here are various conifers, beech, privet etc. Are there general principles in

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Hedge cutting and birds

Hi everyone

 

So I'm picking up some gardening work on the side of other work at the moment. I've done a lot of landscaping in the past and looking forward to getting stuck in. 

 

I have a question about trimming hedges and (potential) nesting birds. Aro

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Post Sleeves

I have just seen the advert on the home page here for Post Sleeves.

Does anyone use these & what experiance of the products do you have? Also can you increase your margins by 'selling' them? The time you add on the extra cost, plus time, surely it's g

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flooded raised bed

A customer has asked me to try and solve a problem 

They had a raised bed constructed from sleepers and filled with topsoil by a neighbours gardener in the corner of their garden at considerable cost .

They noticed that not long after construction a do

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Help with regards to starting a career in Landscaping

Hello,

I was recently made redundant from my job as an engineer and I want to switch careers. After giving it some thought I am really interested in trying to become a Landscaper.

I have tried to do some research by myself and have tried asking the job

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