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Waste Carriers License

Just to make you guys aware I have had my renewal come through for my waste carriers license. As I do fences and landscaping am a member of the upper tier there regulations are, this is in an email reply. Please take notice of the statement at the bo

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Back pack leaf blower seems to be leaking 2 stroke oil

Hi my back pack blower seems to be leaking a tiny bit of 2 stroke oil near primer but its not actually coming from primer. The oil is red as if it has not been mixed with four stroke. I dont understand as when its been mixed it should be leaking if a

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New website

Hi i have changed website gjgardenservices a bit. Still not finished but it is a lot better than before with some help from members on ljn. If anyone would like to check it out and see if i can improve it your welcome to look. Since last week it has

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Garden Maintenance clients

G J Garden Services .Grass cutting,Hedge trimming, Gardeners.

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Raymond Blanc: 'I was a gardener long before I cooked'

Chef Raymond Blanc was brought up to love gardening. Now he is launching a competition to help design a new heritage garden at his flagship restaurant.

Raymond Blanc stands in a patch of bare ground, flinging soil into the air with a fork. "This is w

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Inspirational - regardless of where you live

Ron Finley -- Guerilla Gardener

Click the link and get inspired, just a thought.

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Gardener required Sheffield University £6.50-£7.50ph

Vacancy details

Employer
University of Sheffield - Estates and Facilities Management

Job title
Gardeners

Salary range
£6.50-£7.50 per hour

Job description
You will be tidying up and providing general maintenance to the University
grounds over the sum

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Medium-range weather forecast

29 November 2012

Largely dry and fine for most with long sunny spells. Showers in the east easing, but becoming cloudier with occasional rain moving into the far west and across parts of Scotland. Winds easing but staying cold.

Tonight will become cl

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Adding content to your website - how much and how often?

As far as i am aware search engines love sites with lots of useful text content which is updated regularly. But how often is best and is it possible to go over the top and have a ridiculously large website?  

After the usual pages -  home, about us, s

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O'NeillLandscapers Group new website!!

Hello everyone i have just designed a new website for my business O'Neill Landscapes Group based in north wales id like to know peoples thoughts on the overall impression of the site and any technical defect of ideas, P.S  please do not hold back on

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Vacancy - Glasgow area

Dan Frazer Gardening are looking for a member of staff to join us for ground maintenance contract work from now until the end of October 2011. The role will be one day per week to start and increasing to 2 or possibly 3 days per week depending on con

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Carving out your place in the community

Just a snippet of my thoughts rather than any questions.

 

I wonder how contractors carve their places in the communities they live in and how smooth the transition from working hard to get every bit of work from people who don't know you through to se

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Jan and Feb?

Hello folks,

Hope you all had a great christmas. I expect some of you have already started working again, I've decided not to start until the 4th.  I have a patio and some sleeper work to finish off which was halted due to the freezing temperatures. B

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Feedback on ad block at the base of forums

I've taken on board what you've thought about the Google ad blocks at the base of posts and I've been trying to think of a possible solution to make this area work for you and the network.

 

The obvious solution was to add publicity that could benefi

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Do you suffer with asthma? Garden mould found growing in asthmatics lungs

I've often heard that it's best to wear a dust mask when handling or turning garden compost. Researchers have found the common garden mould, Aspergillus fumigatus, growing in asthmatics lungs. http://www.landscapejuice.com/2010/12/common-garden-mould

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Going Green(er)

I am interested in whether any Juicers have any experience in becoming greener.  I am considering having my van converted to bio diesel and whether there might be some sort of grant available for making my operation more eco-friendly?  Since all my w

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Man decapitated as he fed branches into a wood chipper

An American tree worker has died by decapitation after a tree line, used for lowering branches to the ground, became wrapped around his neck as he fed the branches into a wood chipper, reports the Telegraph. "The gruesome accident happened in Tampa,

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Van leasing

I have killed my van by DIY mechanic foul-up. I am now looking at replacing it. I am looking into leasing a van which would otherwise be out of my price range. With the disastrous winter of 2009-10 fresh in my memory I am hesitant to commit to additi

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Immobiliser not disarming!

'99 transit immobiliser not recognising key, super busy and parked in a pay and display bay!! Anyone had this issue before??

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What do you pay for storage?

I have trailers, mowers and allsorts dotted around my shed and driveway and want to put them into storage again. A unit (garage-size) on my street costs £9 per week... not cheap. It would be worth it though once I have the ride-on and big trailer, ju

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