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Turfing prep joining existing lawn

Hi, I’m new to the site, I have just finished day 1 of prepping for a 210sqm turfing job. The client had the rear half of his garden sectioned off for sheep who subsequently ate all of the lawn, left a pile of poo and died.The garden level was destro

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Learning plants names etc

Anyone have suggestions to learn plants I.e YouTube?

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Wild flower turf

 Evening guys and gals,

Anyone got much experience of laying wild flower turf? I've found a couple of old threads but nothing in the last couple of years.

Any major do's / dont's, recommended suppliers, is it worth buying in low nutrition soil etc.

Than

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Compost screening

Evening everyone 

Does anyone have any ideas on screening a large compost heap, previous gardeners just piled whole area up with no turning over or segregating heavy or woody material and customer is keen for the material to be used in the garden. 

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multi purpose compost

earler this year when compost and other garden things were hard to come buy i manageg to get hold of some made by a firm called deco pak its the worst compost that i have used full of rubbish had to re pot plants as they were dieing off. i contacted

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Marathon Horti K

 Any users of Marathon Horti K out there? 

I'm a fan of marathons lawn fertilisers and have seen this. 

I'm thinking for use as a base feed in borders prior to mulching which I try to alternate between mushroom compost and well rotted manure. 

I general

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Bay trees in pots- rejuvenating

Hi all,

Can anyone recommend any feeds to bring on new growth to standard bays (laurus nobilis), which are in pots? Some are looking quite thin and there appears to be some die back within the head. There are also black spots/lumps on the stem and bra

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Laying patio on poor ground

Hello I have a patio to price up. The patio in question is 30 m2 and is a hand jive job as there is no way to get a micro digger in. My problem is that the topsoil is about 400mm deep and can't get to good ground easily.

I'm thinking of digging down 2

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pH NPK Soil Test Kit Suggestions?

Hi All.

Not sure why or if my original attempt to post this hasn't showed up, but the basics of the OP was whether anyone can recommend a decent pH and N-P-K soil testing kit.

Looking to diversify a little into soil/lawn management & or weed control. T

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Lawn Aeration

Aerating your lawn annually is an important part of a healthy lawn care program. Using a machine, we remove cores of soil from the turf. This reduces soil compaction and thatch so that your lawn can breathe and receive the moisture and nutrients it n

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Seaweed meal in borders

 Evening all. I've only been using for a short while now but have been impressed with the results of liquid seaweed on my lawns. I am looking into using seaweed meal in borders. 

We manage some quite large herbaceous borders and currently use a mix of

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Azalea mulch

Hi all. Looking for a mulch for a large mature azalea/rhododendron border. I have been trying to find someone selling pine needle mulch/straw but having no joy. I understand oak leaf mulch is good too - I could bring plenty of that in from another ga

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seaweed meal / calcified seaweed as lawn feed

Morning all. I'm quite keen to try a solid seaweed as a lawn feed. Most of the info I have seen suggests application in early spring. But can it be used year round in lieu of regular granular feeds? How readily does it break down into the soil? The l

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New lawn prep

got a new lawn to lay in the next few day.

remaining soil is deep, very fine and very moist, not well draining. It’s basically like a fine silt (its next to a small stream and has hardly any stone in it.

i want to rotovate to loosen it up but think it’

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Starting out

Hello everyone.So I'm a long time free member on here and recently a pro member. I have decided it's time to get back to being outdoors. Currently I have my own ltd servicing, repairing steam turbines in the power industry. I have sort of fell into t

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Council suggests buying a loved one a (green waste) wheelie bin for Christmas

Did make me laugh - just imagine and bask in the gratitude / surprise your loved one will get :)

https://twitter.com/telegraph/status/937428053252280320

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Seeking 10 people to learn together with Piet Oudolf, Dr Noel Kingsbury and others

Hello everyone,

It's been several years since I've been on here.  And MyGardenSchool has now grown quite a lot.  We're trialling an initiative where we'd like to find 10 people who would be happy to learn together in one class  - and really feel like

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Starting my own business

Hi my name is Kingsley.I am 21 years old I was working in drainage/civil engineering/ flagging ground works, till around a year ago. My manager at this drainage firm had. Decided to set a landscape gardening business (he had no experience of this). I

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