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Is Brexit causing timber prices to rise?

I just recieved an email from one of my timber suppliers stipulating that there will be price increases in October due to the Brexit.

However, on having a google there is no mention at all about this other than speculation from before the vote and I h

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A hard winter to come?

I've heard tales, read articles and seen tweets that point to a long-lasting and early arriving hard winter for the UK.

Don't shoot the messenger:)

The Express published a story yesterday claiming that this coming winter will be the hardest in 35 yea

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tracked barrows

ive previously used a muck truck and after never having much success with starting it i sold it on. i have on occasions hired out tracked barrows. ive got  job coming up where i will need one for a while, so i am considering purchasing a second hand

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Weibang pro bbc

I've had this mower for exactly 1 year just had its first service. I have being using mowers of all types for the last 27 years and without doubt this mower is the best one I've had. It's great in the dry and wet never drops a drop. Any other users g

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bespoke concrete paving

Hi all,

I'm a london based designer. Does anyone have any idea about who I might approach to make some precast concrete pavers. I'm after some honed planks for a pathway. Any suggestions would be very welcome.

Cheers,

Mike

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Bank turned down your small business loan? Now it must offer an alternative

From today, the UK’s nine largest banks will be legally required to help entrepreneurs find funding elsewhere, thanks to the bank referral scheme

From today, entrepreneurs should not find themselves in Herrling’s position. As part of the Small Busine

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Tender for new build planting -

Hi Guys

Does anyone have any experience of planting for new builds, they need approx 800+ plants and 10 trees planting, planting plan already sketched up from architect.Usual plants. We have been asked to tender and have worked in a domestic market fo

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Ivy and Ground problems

I've got a very large garden with a very large ivy problem it's everywhere as is the ground elder. To give you an idea the grounds are on a grade two* lisited house in the woods. The grounds are well established in a English country garden manner so

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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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