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Due to ill health I am changing my maintenance business and can no longer manage the weight and size of this mower and wonder whether anyone here would like it.

Weibang Legacy 48 PRO BBC bought in October 2016 and with 221 genuine hours.  Receipts and

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Ground Elder

Evening All. A query for all you plantsmen.

I have a customer on my mow and go round that has an  infestation of Ground Elder, I can't say I noticed it last year but I've not been there all winter and although I don't want to get involved, it appears

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Shrub It Up

Evening all,

Looking to plant up a customer's border. Space for 3 small to medium sized shrubs. Customer wants as much year round colour as possible. The border is surrounded by a small box hedge so need a some height to be visible over the hedging, w

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railway sleepers - light or Romanian oak

Hi,

Has anyone of you already worked wihtaht I have heard being called LIGHT OAK from Romania (or Romanian oak)? It is much cheaper than English or French oak, but I do not know the properties of this wood, as I annot find much information about it. I

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L shaped patio

Hi all. I'm about to lay an L shaped porcelain patio One side is 5m and the other is 6m. it is finishing level with the lawn and there are patio doors on both sides. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to slope the patio away from the wall

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Waste disposal, transfer stations and finding where to take waste

Calling all waste removalists, gardeners and people in the know! 

Im actually a chippie but for the purposes of earning a few extra quid for what I thought would be simple work about 6 months ago I came across an app that allows every day householders

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Gravel Drive Renovation

Morning all.

I have a client whose gravel drive is in desperate need of a bit of renovation. 

He is reluctant to have it redone completely as it's a back entrance and he is already having the main drive replaced. 

I have approached Kersten UK to hire th

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Landscape Designer

Good evening,

i was wondering if anyone could help...... 

i run a garden maintenance and landscaping company in Jersey Channel Islands.

i am looking for someone to do garden designs on computer ?

i will do the site surveys , but would like someone to tak

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Lovely surprise

Our customers send us the lovieliest messages and occasionally the odd treat...not sure I'd say this was a treat ! Monday morning  ID - still alive and wriggling  - goes down nicely with a cup of tea!...

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London congestion and Ulez charges....how do they affect your business?

My business was based in the sticks so I never had to travel into London to work.

How does the congestion charge and especially the new Ulez (Ultra Low Emissions Zone) fees affect your business?

London director of the CBI business lobby group, Eddie

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Industry pay gap - How many women work within the landscape industry?

It is the law that UK companies employing over 250 people must pubish gender pay gap figures.

For example Marshalls Group - one of the landscape Industry's largest employers -  has just 17% of women making up its entire workforce; 14% are women in ma

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Dewalt Garden Tools - Any Experiences?

I'm in the market to add a couple more tools to the stock, such as a cordless mower, hedge cutter and strimmer and by accident I stumbled across the dewalt range. Has anybody had any experiences with them?

I had considered the Makita range based on cr

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How to level a lawn

I would really appreciate some advice on levelling a lawn.I am currently working for an 83 yaer old lady who is gradually losing her sight. She really enjoys her garden and it is evident that until recently, it has been well manintined. Herneighbour

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Stihl ‘relax’ online purchasing restrictions

Welcome to the real world Stihl.

At long last Stihl has decided to relax it’s online purchasing restrictions in response to ‘Changes in the retail marketplace over recent years’ !

You have finally got there. Unsure if this is driven by falling sales,

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Speed feed

evening chaps!

 

been looking at the speed feed 400/450  that get cracking reviews, but I can’t seem to find them anywhere for sale?  Anyone know where I can get one of what’s the alternative if there out of production, and also which ones is advisable

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growing your own food

i was listening to a garden phone in on the radio a few days back was about the rise in veganism/vegetarianism and growing there own food and got on about the growing medium and fertilzer and stated that you cannot garantee that they do not contain a

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Anti Vibration Gloves

Hi all,

Has anybody on here come across any decent anti vibration gloves with padding in the fingers, the ones I use at the moment are the Cutter ones but they have only padding on the palms. 

Thanks

Chris

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Honda Izy, Fitting drivebelt

Hi All, A query for any of you DIYers.   I have an Izy  (Hrg5367VKE 2015)  that no longer self propels. I assumed this was due to the drivebelt either slipping or being stretched.  I've bought a drivebelt and by removing the plastic cover and steel g

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Levelling a garden with sleepers (Advice needed please)

Good Morning all and happy Mother’s Day to all the Mums on the forum.

 

I have a quick question and would be grateful for your advice. I have a job where the garden is on a slope and the customer wants it raising 4 sleepers high from the bottoms and le

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Equipment for sale

Hi all ,  due to long standing injury I am no longer able to continue my garden maintenance work ...so if anybody is looking for machinery then I currently have for sale -

weibang legacy pro (48) rear roller .., used just once before injury over 2 yea

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