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Winter Services

With the winter season fast approaching, I'm wondering whether this is the year I invest properly in providing and advertising winter services (gritting, snow clearing). My main questions would be: Is the pay worth the initial investment in the kit a

Started by William Baker in Groundscare

14 Replies · Reply by Peter sellers yesterday

Best professional battery hedge trimmer at present?

I have been using Stihl hla 86's for the past 5 years, but I am finding I am replacing them every 1-2 years. Are there any better alternatives at the moment? The only annoying thing is that I have all the AP batteries and chargers so changing brand

Started by Rob in Machinery

14 Replies · Reply by Billybop on Tuesday

Pond maintenance in the South East – a quick hello from Kent

Morning all,

I’m Matt from That Pond Guy, a specialist pond maintenance company based in Burham, Kent. I’ve just joined LJN and thought I’d introduce myself.

We cover Kent, London and the wider South East, looking after everything from garden wildlife

Started by Matt in Water gardens

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Loss of enthusiasm

Hi.

Im looking for some ideas to help get my enthusiasm back in running my gardening business please.

I've been established for 18 years but this year I have totally lost interest in the job. I slowly reduced my work to majority grass cuts whilst main

Started by david woodhouse in Business

19 Replies · Reply by david woodhouse Oct 28

Best professional battery hedge trimmer at present?

Started by Rob in Machinery

5 Replies · Reply by Billybop Oct 26

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Advertising garden maintenance services

Hey folks,

I'm planning a marketing push for my garden maintenance business with the aim of getting more regular work in large gardens for high end clients. Our diary is full but we are expanding.

I'd love to know what has worked and not worked for oth

Started by Piers Dixon in Marketing and Social Media

5 Replies · Reply by Peter Davis Oct 25

Honda HF2417 - Advice

Looking for some advice

Brought a Honda HF2417 from a local mower dealer about 12 months ago, brand new and has been serviced recently

I went in with absolutely no knowledge or idea on any machinery or sit ons. Went in with the ask of giving me somet

Started by Sam in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Machinery

12 Replies · Reply by Glyn Williams Oct 24

Bulb planter for an old git

Now retired and am trying to restore my garden after 40 plus years of neglect after looking after everybody elses!

So bought a load of bulbs and am regretting selling my petrol.post hole borer with augers which was used to plant bulbs on our sites. Ha

Started by Peter sellers

13 Replies · Reply by John F Oct 24

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Etesia hydro 80/ BAHIA Mulch plug fitting

I've recently bought a second hand Etesia hydro 80, I've got a mulching plug for it but have no idea how it's fits or if it's even the correct part that's been sent. Hoping someone on here can help out

Started by Jake

2 Replies · Reply by Jake Oct 23

Which brand of brushcutter?

I've always used Stihl for brushcutters, hedgetrimmers etc, but they don't last like they used to, and I'm thinking of trying a change. Husqvarna and Echo seem the obvious options. Does anyone on here use either, and have an opinion?

TIA

Started by Tim Bucknall in Machinery

7 Replies · Reply by Tim Bucknall Oct 16

Strimmer question

Good morning all. I've always used strimmers that spin anti clockwise, just been looking at purchasing a ego strimmer for whizzing around lawn edges and I've seen that they spin clockwise. Have any of you used both and found that it was easy to get u

Started by Mjc

6 Replies · Reply by Billybop Oct 15

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Price of Aspen October 2026.

Started by Andrew Betteridge in Machinery

8 Replies · Reply by Honey Badger Oct 12

Green tip off in Surrey?

Hi all, the green waste site I have been using near Epsom has apparentley closed down, at least until December, due to the death of the owner. Mid Surrey Farm. Does anyone know of any sites around Surrey which take green waste- Hedge trimmings & gras

Started by Neil Darby in Waste

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Ariens zero turn

Hello, is anyone using either Ariens summit or zenith zero turns, interested in how they perform, any problems etc, we are looking at getting a couple for next year and can't find many reviews!? Thanks!

Started by Oliver

1 Reply · Reply by Peter sellers Oct 10

Battery Storage

Where does everybody store their batteries over night? Bit expensive to be leaving in the van. Don't really want them in the house just in case anything was toever go wrong with them. Was thinking about the garage but not sure how being outside overn

Started by PGM in Machinery

11 Replies · Reply by John F Oct 6

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On my Facebook feed today...

Gardener, Countryside Estate, Surrey, £45,000 GPA DOE

Our UHNW client is seeking an experienced Gardener at their beautiful estate in Surrey. This is a wonderful opportunity for a horticulturalist with real depth of knowledge to shape and maintain ga

Started by Adam Woods in Careers and Jobs

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Business expansion hurdles

TLDR (in advance): Seeking advice on how to run a profitable gardening business, expanding while staying competitive and finding the 'right kind' of jobs, ie year-round maintenance requirements and clients who understand they need to pay properly for

Started by Piers Dixon in Business

3 Replies · Reply by Adam Woods Sep 19

Revive a lawn

Hi All
I would like some advice on the best way to revive a lawn after this hot weather we've had, please.

I look forward to hearing from you

Started by Brian's Garden Maintenance

5 Replies · Reply by Intelligent Landscapes Sep 12

Help change email on here

Trying to change my email on here, followed instructions and received an email from LJN asking me to confirm changes by clicking on link within the email ,but there is no link!! Why make it so difficult? LJN is not exactly a high risk site , in com

Started by Peter sellers

3 Replies · Reply by Landscape Juice Sep 10

Paving pushing up because of the hot and super dry weather

I would love to hear if anyone has had an experience of paving being pushed up because of the hot and dry weather this summer.
We have had a number of patios where this has become a problem (a couple we laid ourselves and quite a few more where anoth

Started by William Frost in Landscaping

6 Replies · Reply by Sam Bainbridge Sep 8

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