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Too late to cut deciduous hedges?

I'm being asked to cut a deciduous hedge towards the end of the this month (only free time I have) - but wasn't sure if this was too late in the year? We're south of england, but frosts are happening and I give it two weeks before most trees are comp

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Pricing hedge work

Folks I dont normally do a lot of headge work but have a customer with many meters needing late summer tidy trim, not into old wood at all. I have the meterage and height, if anyone can gibe me an indication of how they price jobs like this I would a

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Instant Hedging

Hello,I Iwatched a contractor install what I Ithought was a rather distinctive fence along a roadside for an old folks home. They initially built a large wooden frame fence then attached what I thought was bamboo poles (the large thick type about siz

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Sense check on hedge cutting price

I put in a price recently for some hedge cutting but haven't heard back so I'm assuming I haven't got the work. If possible I'd appreciate a sense check on my pricing. I'll not say yet what I put in as I'd like to hear back first. This is my first fu

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Help with pricing a hedge trim

Hello all. I am still new to providing maintenance and I'm grappling with pricing of even the smallest of jobs. Is there anyone who could give me clues to cost for trimming a hedge and a smallish tree right beside it?

I haven't talked directly to the

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Mauyama hedge cutters - any experience or thoughts?

We are in the market to replace a couple of gear damaged cutters (kawasaki kht600s and tanaka tht 210s) that most likely occurred as a result of boys shocking off walls and kerbs - don't get me started on that!So I came across this brand that offer a

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A man with skills

Just came across this whilst looking for a new product, this chap has some skills, would be good to trim hedges and the like , like this.

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Long reach multi tools

Hi, can anyone detail the difference in couplings between various systems?

Is it possible to buy the tools separately? Second hand?

all the best

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The UK's tallest hedge gets its annual trim

The UKs tallest hedge, on the Bathurst Estate in the Cotswolds has had its annual trim.

It took two men around 80 working hours using a cherry picker to cut back the 300 year-old yew hedge.

A tonne of clippings was taken off and sent off to be used i

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Hedge Die Backs after cutting in extreme heat.

Just a reminder to be cautious when cutting back hedges hard during these times of excessive heat.

I have seen dozens of hedges, including Privet, Cedar and Laurel that have died back during the last few weeks due to over cutting in this excess heat.

R

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Estimates

Hi all have just been asked to give estimates on what would be my biggest jobs to date.First is cutting 300 m of beech hedge, nice and low at 1 m h, 1 m w. does £1 per metre sound way off?Second is removal of an earth bank equating to 33 m cube, howe

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Tanaka THT 2530 hedge trimmer review

Promised this review to several people a while ago, its just been sometime getting here!

I bought this earlier this year as a replacement for my much loved but very worn Echo HC210 cutter that finally gave up and became too 'asthmatic' to be reliable

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How not to cut a hedge

Picked up a catalogue today from a well known builders merchant and while thumbing through came across the image posted below.

Cutting a hedge, albeit just a posed photo, but using a grass strimmer while standing on a platform and no ear defenders or

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Bindweed

A new client has a 100ft long, 5ft x 5ft hawthorn/holly/hazel hedge completely covered in bindweed - bindweed is, in fact, all you can see and the hedge is, not surprisingly, dying. Ripping it off will be a temporary solution, and I do like the follo

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Evergreen hedges and struggling plants close by

Hi

I've found in my own garden that  a couple of small trees planted close to a privet hedge are rather slow growing and not doing as well as I'd expect.  Now realising that privet are very hungry and probably deprive plants close by of water and nutr

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What does hedge trimming cost?

been ask to price a big hedge trimming job and i thought i ask for your thoughts on it  is mainly  leylandi  3meters high and 1.5 meters wide  not been cut for a about a year

about 160 metres to cut boths sides and top

100 meters  one side and top

about

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Winter gardening work

We always start to think outside of the box at this time of year, as regular maintenance changes or slows down there is a great opportunity to do other things we don't usually have time for. Here in Central Scotland (Glasgow) the weather can fluctuat

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Privet hedge planting

A customer of ours wants to plant a privet hedge of mixed colours- about 22m longand wants the hedge to start at 4ft high.Does anyone recommend any hedging suppliers in the south east?ThanksSusan

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Henchman Easylift Harness for sale

Details: Henchman Easylift Harness SWL 9KGS Easylift Harness. Practically unused. Selling for £175.

 

Original buying price Original Price £345 plus VAT

 

Telephone Myra Wilson on 020 3166 0940

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Hedge wars! BBC

Did anyone see hedge wars, shown last night? I just saw it on iplayer. Made me smile :)

 

These trees become such a permanent feature when they are planted - has anyone tried to remove one of these larger specimens completely?

 

I wouldn't ever see one i

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