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Why jeans are just for cowboys, gardeners and the under-53s

A survey of 2,000 people has shown that most of them think jeans should not be worn by anyone over the age of 53.

Jeans, the survey concludes, are a younger person’s game and don’t look suitable on the older man or woman. I can’t – as someone over th

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Saltex 2016 Are you going this year?

So someone had to start discussion.

Who is planning a trip to this years Saltex at the NEC?

I myself am looking forward to it, even more now they have added outside demo areas.

It was great to meet with fellow members last year and have good chat, it

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Acid rain is good for your garden

Sulphur is a key plant nutrient vital to healthy growth, but UK soils are naturally deficient in this essential mineral. Back in the 1980s this was of little concern to growers as these levels were continually topped up by “atmospheric deposition”,

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Predator Stump Grinder

I recently purchased a Predator radio remote tracked stump grinder which seems to be working really well so far! I am hoping that it is more reliable than my previous Carlton 4012 stump grinder which had almost everything possible go wrong with it! D

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Houston we have a problem

Reply to this if you can.... I can't reply to any topics and judging by the lack of activity I'm not alone.

Reply from Phil Voice:

As some of you may be aware, LJN experienced a system outage for much of today with some problems continuing through th

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Which paving grout ?

Hi all, ive just begun of laying an 11m squared patio of sandstone pavers and want to use a slurry grout. All the joints are 4mm; ive been looking at the GftK vdw 815 as it has good reviews, is suitable for the thinner joints and can be jetwashed. Ho

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Mares tail

We have been asked by a customer to treat there back garden which is infested with mares tail.  There are no shrubs, grass or plants as the area is either paved or in gravel.  They have asked that I relay the patio at the same time.  The worst of the

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Using the iPhone to dictate to form post

As anyone ever use the iPhone app to dictate for imposed on estimate period I'm using at the moment you can see the word period comes after estimate that supposed be. But I did manage to put in a new paragraph which is actually when I said the words

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Leaf blowers

I'm in the market for a new blower and was about to buy a Stihl BG86 which seems to be well reviewed and well established. Then I saw that Husqvarna have a new model for about the same price - the 525BX. I can't find any reviews on this model - proba

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Landscape industry groups by membership numbers

I've been doing some research on landscape industry groups and their numbers.

You may be (not) surprised to see that LJN is way out in front in terms of numbers.

What's also interesrting is that more people open LJNs weekly newsletter than BALI, APL

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Add the Landscape Network Logo

The Landscape Juice 'Green Tick' - see also Customer Charter - is our marque of transparency and honesty.

If you choose to adopt it, it will go towards telling your clients that you, as an individual or business, intend to provide the best possible l

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Stiga Titan 740D out front diesel ride on mower £14,400.00

Used Stiga Titan out from ride on mower with the RM 135 cm cutter deck. Fully hydraulic machine with 4wd, articulated steering, and Diesel engine.  Full commercial spec model from Stiga.

One from our demo fleet, registered 12 months ago and under 250

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Crane fly controll

Hi I have been asked by a social housing provider to treat a housing estate which has a very bad crane fly problem. Can anyone point me in the right direction on the best pesticide to use as I believe that a few have been discontinued recently. I bel

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Forum issues

Hi All,

Yes there are some software / hosting issues at the moment as per Phil's post yesterday (scroll down, if you can......).

The issues are being worked upon and we are awaiting updates from the Software providers.

Also, follow @LandscapeJuice on

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Weibang Pro 48 on eBay warning.

Just a warning to you all, I'm constantly scrolling through EBay and I usually type in the wording "Pro mower" to see if any bargains can be had, anyway over the past 2 weeks a Weibang pro 48 has come up 5 times, every time with a new seller and at a

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My Details - Other members details - cant send any private message

Hi, 

is there an issue with the site, 

I cant see my details to amend? 

I cant see any other members details, i was trying to send a member a private message (is this possible) I see the grid list of members, but no specify details, or are you not allow

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What spray nozzles do you use for spot spraying?

We use yellow solid/full cone nozzles. That said, you can't find them for love nor money it seems. Why? They are perfect for spot spraying, particularly if using a spray shield in borders. My Cooper Pegler dealer says most people use fan jets- to me

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Two companies and closing one

hello I have been running a landscaping business for many years and recently decided to operate two companies, setting up one purely for decking in the thought of winding down the main side, when do I tell the tax man, the main company has not traded

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Railway sleeper fixing

Have a few jobs coming up soon where I need to build some railway sleeper beds.

What do you guys use to fix the sleepers together. Been looking at the special screws you can get but they seen very expensive for what they are!

 

Thanks

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LJN site bugs

Hi everyone

Many of you will be experiencing strange goings on with some of the content and links on LJN.

Ning, the company we rent the site software from, have recently been purchased by another company and are currently in the process of disentangl

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