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Strimming advice and possibly purchasing a Stihl KM-RG Reciprocator attachment

I would really appreciate some advice regarding strimming. I use a Stihl Kombi set-up and have a strimmer attachment for my KM131. This is incredibly powerful and on the whole does a good job. I have recently started at a church and use the strimmer

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World Naked Gardening Day Today!

Apparently its always celebrated on the first Saturday of May.

#WorldNakedGardeningDay

Always wear PPE

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What is average cost for mowing a garden?

Hi all,

Most of my customers are regular maintenance which I visit every other week.

I would say on average most lawns take me between 15 and 35 mins to mow and strim.My set figure for these jobs is between £20 and £25 each.

I am interested to see wha

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Hi All,

          Im seeking to create some strong ,no nonsense terms and conditions for my propspective clients to read and sign .

We are small Landscape garden build contractor and have recently been working in the murky world of Domestic/Commercial

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Roundup

Hello,A lady has approached me regarding her small 24m2 front lawn. She has spot weeded with roundup and the grass around the weeds is yellowing. She thinks she's killed it all! I don't use weedkiller in my work as I'm not licensed so I'm not sure if

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Duty Of Care Waste Transfer Note

I have been informed by the enviromental that i need a Duty Of Care Transfer Note book, i have sourced one from Amazon but i'm struggling to understand how to fill it in as it  comes across that they think you work for one client per day, on my mowin

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Marks on Indian stone

We have a private client who has recently had a large Indian stone patio laid in a dark grey by another contractor, it has been sealed and not been walked on until the seal has set. It joins a lawn which is laid on a heavy clay soil which is used by

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Charging for sourcing plants

HI all,

I set up as a sole trader two years ago (one week before lockdown...) so am still very new to this.

Increasingly I'm being asked to source plants for clients - eg evergreen shrubs to fill 12m of border, plants for sunny 10m planter etc etc

This

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Wheeled strimmer

We are considering buying a wheeled self propelled strimmer. We have a large site which is not mowable due to stones and steep inclines, currently strimmed by hand which is time consuming and physically demanding.

Would a self propelled strimmer be an

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To ride on, or not to ride on?

I've gained 4 large laws over the passed 2 years that take roughly an hour per lawn for 2 of us to mow with 42 inch push mowers , really am weighing up the pros and cons of a ride on now...would need a trailer and maybe a dedicate day to just do thes

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Best professional mower

Hi guys. I did ask this before  a few years ago, but wondered if there were any updates now its 2022.

I have had a few mowers in my time, a cobra, a hayter 41 and now a  midrange weibang. All have  up and downsides, but the weibang I think is better s

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Non flowering wisteria

Are there any serious wisteria experts on here? I need to pick your brains. 

I have a wisteria that I have been maintaining for a few years now, but the damned thing is refusing to flower. It seems to be a variety that comes into leaf early, it is alm

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Losing clients/ friends.

Got to my first job of the day this morning, A garden where I have been cutting the grass, trimming hedges and generally keeping tidy for around 16 yrs now, and have always had a cup of tea with the lady who's house it was. I was aware she was Ill an

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Best Drop Spreader for Lawn Seed

I'm a maintenance gardener getting up on my hind legs offering lawn treatments this season, plenty of demand but new to me operations. Bought an Earthway rotary spreader to spread seed and fert. It was ineffective with seed spreading but OK with fert

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What's this tree?

We are pruning an orchard....first time it's been pruned for 5 years at least. Most are apple, and pear, we have come across this one and I can't work out what it is.....as in, is now the time for it to be pruned. Can anyone identify it?

Thank you.

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Henchman tripod orchard ladder fitment to roofrack

How do!

I've had this ladder for some time now and I've been strapping it to my roof rack ( not very well ) and it's been 'ok' for now but it does work its way loose and move around a bit which isn't ideal.

Ive looked at ladder clamps which are fine fo

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Gravel driveway

I've been asked to arrange having my clients 300 square metre gravel driveway topped up with gravel. Not something I've done before. Does anyone know what sort of depth of gravel I should aim for? It'll be 5mm sized gravel.

Will I also want a whacker

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Is Social Media Marketing Worth The Effort?

A question for all of you landscapers and gardeners out there - and the suppliers too.  How much time to you spend on social  media marketing (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin etc) and do you think it benefits your business?  I'm a fan and find

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Hayter 41 pro

Hi, hope you are all enjoying the weather, the grass is now growing as fast as I can cut it!  Anyone had a problem with the rear roller on a hayter 41 pro? The height adjust works fine but it doesn't seem to lift correctly on the other side so the mo

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Is gardening for the benefit of wildlife and the environment at last becoming more popular ?

I have'nt posted here since i heard the sad news that Phil had died. My apologies for that although I have continued to support the site every year through being a pro member. Life has a way of twisting and turning in ways you could not imagine. I bo

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Robot line marker

I was introduced to a robot line marker today. The machine marked out 3 athletics tracks in 1 day and across 3 sites 70 miles apart. The thing is revolutionary.

So my question is, does anyone use one? If so, what would you recommend, a Rigby Taylor T

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Looking for a good lightweight steel deck pedestrian mower

Hi everyone, 

New on here and just after replacing my plastic-body mower for a steel/metal body one. I've had the Husky LC253S and have been really happy with it apart from the fragile composite body! I've done a couple of fixes with aluminium sheet a

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Light roller mower

We run Hayter 56 pro, s as our go to roller mower, but have had an influx of jobs with smaller areas to roller mow where the 56 are too cumbersome to use.

So looking for a light, say max 42kg manoeuvrable roller mower either 19 or 21 inch preferably v

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PPE

Hi everyone. 

For those of you that have employees. Do you provide them with the PPE required to do the job or do you get them to buy their own gear. 

Thanks in advance :)

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Chinese Witch Hazel Looking Sad

I need help with a Chinese Witch Hazel who's leaves are wilting and looking dry, this has been happening since about January.

I have had the tree for about 3 years and it's been ok always looked a picture.

I have repotted it within the last fortnight a

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Working outside filling stations

Hi, I remember someone on here asking about whether any special training/ qualifications are required for working at filling station premises ie cutting grass and maybe hedges. Can't find the discussion now. I presume public liability insurers would

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Retirement.

Well at last, I have finally done the deed, my company officially ceased trading on 31st March.  It's been a long haul (46 years) but I dont regret for one minute, packing up a cosy job in the City to help out a local landscaper during the Summer of 

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Easy push fertiliser spreaders

Anyone recommend a pedestrian broadcast spreader that's easy to push with 25 kg plus of fertiliser onboard.

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Mower fuel charge !!!

Hello All,

I am new to LJ and have been a Sole Trader since August offering a general garden service and bigger site clearing/one off jobbs etc.

So far its going well and I am building up a good client base and some commercial clients.

As its erly days

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Garden maintenance business for sale North Wales

Hi. Im thinking of hanging my boots up after 20 years to concentrate on my own projects. 

Morethan mow & go was founded in 1999 primarily offering a garden design, construction & maintenance solutions. We now have allot of clients on groundcare mainte

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Echo battery tools

I see Echo have now got a (fairly small) range of 50v battery equipment out. Be very interesting to see how good they are . I've always been pleased with their petrol hedge cutters.

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Cheap new rear tine rotovator

Anyone bought any of these rear tine rotovators?

Switzer, Mattiss previously Nielsen, Jobmaster, Titan pro.

Prices from £500 to £1100.

Guess all Far East manufactured ?

Varying online reviews.

Appreciate warranty will probably be non existent and spares d

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Steep bank grass cutting

Hi all.

I've been asked to take on a regular grass cut on a large area steep bank - approx. 50 - 60 degree slope. The client has said that it has been maintained before by strimming it, which takes approx. 1.5 hours. Her husband had been doing it with

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Fortnightly to Monthly Maintenance

Just coming into my 3rd week of this years grass cutting & Maintenance & 2 or 3 of my customers have asked for Monthly visits rather than the usual fortnightly visits that they've been having over the years.

Now i understand people have budgets etc bu

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whatever next

Council cut artificial grass on roundabout - BBC News

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Box hedge trimmer’s

Hi can anyone recommend a small cordless trimmer for box,topiary,   Was maybe be looking at bosh . Thanks 

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