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  Eugene Baston February 9, 2014 at 8:38pm

  It's pretty miserable here on the ground in Oxfordshire....but I certainly feel worse for any LJN'ers west of this county and down towards the West country.

  There's one garden where access has been impossible since the beginning of January. At least 3 inches of water across the access points on the lawn make work impossible. On a monthly contract the business doesn't suffer financially but in terms of the over-load of work stacking up - a nightmare.

  But consideration of access and messing up a garden to get access is critical in these flooding conditions - for example fence replacement - is both frustrating and also costly. Do you go ahead and replace fencing with poor ground access conditions underfoot - or quote accordingly and price it right for the extra work required - or bite the bullet and say 'it needs to wait until I can at least dig a 2m hole for a decent fence post to be established'.

  Yep, a nightmare both in terms of customer expectation (a fence can be a security issue) and the climate planning involved.

  Hey ho....will soon be Spring :->

  Cheers, Eugene
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  Nick Mann February 9, 2014 at 9:10pm

  We have seen a number of large projects postponed until autumn. Huge strain on cashflow coming up! Negotiating with clients as to advance payment for seed, plants etc., which is a bit of a tricky ask!
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  David Benson February 9, 2014 at 10:59pm

  
  Eugene what are you going to put in a 2m hole ? you can cause more damage than good if the ground is wet try and delay it if poss Eugene Baston said:

  It's pretty miserable here on the ground in Oxfordshire....but I certainly feel worse for any LJN'ers west of this county and down towards the West country.

  There's one garden where access has been impossible since the beginning of January. At least 3 inches of water across the access points on the lawn make work impossible. On a monthly contract the business doesn't suffer financially but in terms of the over-load of work stacking up - a nightmare.

  But consideration of access and messing up a garden to get access is critical in these flooding conditions - for example fence replacement - is both frustrating and also costly. Do you go ahead and replace fencing with poor ground access conditions underfoot - or quote accordingly and price it right for the extra work required - or bite the bullet and say 'it needs to wait until I can at least dig a 2m hole for a decent fence post to be established'.

  Yep, a nightmare both in terms of customer expectation (a fence can be a security issue) and the climate planning involved.

  Hey ho....will soon be Spring :->

  Cheers, Eugene
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  Colin Hunt February 10, 2014 at 6:47am

  Luckily we have no flooding in our area, but it is very, very wet. I will be sending out our monthly invoiced this morning with a covering letter explaining that we will be along to carry out our usual winter work as soon as we can.

  As Eugene says above, I can see a 'log jam' of work building up in the spring as work I had reckoned to fit in during the winter months is still waiting - and the grass will wait for no man!
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  Gary RK February 10, 2014 at 5:11pm

  Relevant to this thread and Phil Voice's Blog post - here's the proof....one of our sites near Chertsey/Egham (Thames), flooded just before lunch today. We're on call...not sure for what at the moment........

  
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  Colin Hunt February 10, 2014 at 5:22pm

  Puts a few wet gardens into perspective!
  
  Gary RK said:

  Relevant to this thread and Phil Voice's Blog post - here's the proof....one of our sites near Chertsey/Egham (Thames), flooded just before lunch today. We're on call...not sure for what at the moment........

  
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  Andrew Goss February 10, 2014 at 7:14pm

  Shouldn't think it will be to cut the grass ....... prob a lot of moss removal later on ;-)
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  Gary RK February 10, 2014 at 7:17pm

  Two years ago, we did a replanting project here and had to water nearly every day due to the drought.

  Oh how we laughed today :P
  
  Andrew Goss said:

  Shouldn't think it will be to cut the grass ....... prob a lot of moss removal later on ;-)
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  Eugene Baston February 10, 2014 at 8:27pm

  David Benson said:

  
  Eugene what are you going to put in a 2m hole ? you can cause more damage than good if the ground is wet try and delay it if poss

  Ha David, you're completely right to grab me on that - 2m= actually 2ft lol - depth of fence post. Still swimming :-/cite>

  As for backlog....it gets bigger by the day. With tomorrow morning, all day Wednesday and another storm on Friday this working week is looking skant.

  As previously written...Spring is only just around the corner....or another bloody spring lol.

  Cheers, Eugene
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  Eugene Baston February 10, 2014 at 8:32pm

  [screwed up on the reply above but hopefully message communicated]