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Clover.

Hi everyone. I taken over maintenance of a lawn that has been kep short but is covered by about 80% clover.

I think the cause could be down to poor soil nutrition? If I kill it all off now then the customer will be left with a massive amount of dea

Started by Gary R

29 Replies · Reply by Gary R Sep 20, 2022

What's your biggest garden design bugbear

Good morning everyone. This week I'm working on a Q&A blogpost to be published later in the month. It will be about overcome difficulties with any aspect of garden design - long waiting times, complex relationships, hard-to-build designs, selling th

Started by My Garden Design in Design

20 Replies · Reply by My Garden Design Sep 20, 2022

Reducing height of Conifer hedge

In the last week, I have been to view two jobs that have required me to reduce the height of the conifer hedge by about 2'. I have cut a large number of hedges, but, have never reduced the height of a conifer hedge. With business going really slow (d

Started by James King

14 Replies · Reply by Andrew Betteridge Sep 19, 2022

Box caterpillar moth in the Chilterns

Anyone else working in and around the Chilterns, particularly High Wycombe?

This last week I have come across box caterpillar moth in two of my gardens in High Wycombe. It's the first time I've come across it up here, I had been hoping it was just tha

Started by Glen Stillman in Groundscare, Pesticides, and Plants

25 Replies · Reply by Honey Badger Sep 19, 2022

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Queens funeral

Hi guys and girls Are you working on Monday as usual (domestic gardens) ?

Started by mark thomas

11 Replies · Reply by Chris & Heather McAlpine Sep 19, 2022

Did you know if you use Professional plant protection products (PPPs) you have to register with DEFRA as a user?

Not a lot of people are aware but if you’re a business, organisation or sole trader that uses professional PPPs and adjuvants in Wales, Scotland or England you have to register to comply with regulations.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pro

Started by Jo Mullett in Pesticides

6 Replies · Reply by Neil Darby Sep 17, 2022

Porcelain Patio slabs

Hi Everyone, looking for some advice or information if anyone has come across this before.

I am trying to cut a circle out of a 1200 x 600 porcelain patio slab (22mm thick) using a small grinder and porcelain blade but it keeps popping.

I'm doing the

Started by MATTHEW LEE CRAVEN in Paving Materials and Advice

4 Replies · Reply by MATTHEW LEE CRAVEN Sep 11, 2022

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What are the expensive materials causing delays for Tradespeople ?

Since 2020, tradespeople have had to balance record demand for their services with rising costs and materials shortages.

Against a backdrop of rising inflation and a cost of living crisis, the latest data shows that businesses are still having to tur

Started by Gary RK in Business

4 Replies · Reply by Elliott Sep 8, 2022

Advice for selling trees

I set up an estate tree nursery a couple of years ago and now have around 550 trees, 18 species, ranging from 2-3m London Plane trees, Wild/ Bird Cherry, Wild Pear, Sweet/ Horse Chestnut, to smaller Silver Birch, English/Pin/Holm Oak, Walnut and Copp

Started by Oliver Tillard in Suppliers

8 Replies · Reply by Honey Badger Sep 8, 2022

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Lithium battery

Just a word of caution when using these batteries, I keep ally batteries in a stihl battery carrier. I use a sealey 20v secateur but yesterday a battery I use for it that was in a stihl battery carrier decided to go nuclear while it was in the back o

Started by Dave Colton

31 Replies · Reply by Billybop Sep 7, 2022

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Pruning by a BT cable

One of my customers has a rambling rose that now is touching overhead BT cables. The chap who has been doing their hedge trimming for years will not prune the rose due to it's proximity to the cables. Does anyone have any experience of working around

Started by Susanne French in Health and Safety

9 Replies · Reply by Susanne French Sep 5, 2022

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Reasonable seed spreader

Need to buy a pedestrian spreader for a clients garden. Specifically needs to handle seed well. I currently have PG25 Broadcast spreader, and its appalling for seed. As its only for occasional use, once or twice a year, I'm not after anything over £2

Started by Ben Mallow in Groundscare

5 Replies · Reply by Peter sellers Sep 4, 2022

Slab laying.

Hi, a friend has asked me to lay some slabs in a chess board 'hit and miss ' fashion so there will be 13 slabs and 13 gaps. They will want to plant things in the gaps so I don't really want to stone the whole area down as a sub base. The ground is cu

Started by Mjc

3 Replies · Reply by David Benson Sep 3, 2022

Glut of Gardeners looking for work

Because of the very hot dry weather there seems to be a lot of gardeners who are out of work and looking for a job.

This morning I looked at my emails and found fourteen people had applied for a job over the weekend.

I supose that most of these peopl

Started by 1st Garden Maintenance in Business

14 Replies · Reply by Chris & Heather McAlpine Sep 1, 2022

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Battery Handling Tips

Battery Handling Tips from our friends over at Stihl....

Also like their battery carry crates and multi battery charger .....worth a check out...

Started by Gary RK in Machinery

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Ten things you need to know about VAT invoices

With the change to ensuring all businesses who are Vat Registered submit digital VAT returns, I though this article would be a useful reference source.....

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Started by Gary RK @ Landscape Juice Network in Business

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Feedback on Eliet Maestro Country Shredder/Chipper

i am thinking of buying a Eliet Shredder. What are your opinions and views on them?

Thanks

Andrew

Started by Andrew Midgley in Machinery

26 Replies · Reply by Max Wiesner Aug 27, 2022

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Downloadable Health and Safety at Work template

If you are planning to move into commercial landscaping or maintenance your company will be required to provide a health and safety document for the contracts officer to view (he might also request a copy for file).

Download this template document t

Started by Phil Voice in Documents

2 Replies · Reply by Gary RK @ Landscape Juice Network Aug 24, 2022

Planting spade

Looking for a very heavy duty planting spade with a pointed blade for hard stony ground, just for plants not posts so no great depth required. Preferably ergonomic. Any recommendations?

Started by Peter sellers

14 Replies · Reply by Geoffrey King Aug 24, 2022

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Customer Cash Flow dilemma .

Not sure what to do for the best here .

Doing a one off maintenance project for a customer i have worked for in the past but not a regular customer , however they always paid promptly and never any issues , lovely people .

Have submitted Two invoices ,

Started by John F in Business

27 Replies · Reply by John F Aug 22, 2022

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