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Dog digging up lawn

Morning all,

One of our customers is having issues with their dog digging up the lawns.

Any animal friendly advice to stop this from happening?

Mark@MWJONES LTD

Started by MWJONES in Groundscare

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Remove oil stains from paving

What is the best way to remove oil stains from paving, had an oil leak in the van that is now thankfully fixed but the stains remain

Started by Robbie in Paving Materials and Advice

1 Reply · Reply by Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd May 14, 2014

Plastic lawn edging

There's a guy on the forum who sells the heavy duty plastic edging, i bought some a couple of years back.

The same client now wants some more but i dont have his forum name/website details anymore and looking through pages of members would take foreve

Started by Anthony Toop

2 Replies · Reply by Anthony Toop May 19, 2014

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Ban pesticides in parks; Saying no to cheques; Vibration injuries to staff - LJN Newsletter

'Ban poisonous pesticides in our parks' says Katharine Hamnett
Fashion designer Katharine Hamnett is waging a campaign to have glyphosate banned in British parks after seeing it sprayed in her local

Started by Phil Voice in Newsletter

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Toro 53cm Commercial High Vac mower

We picked up one of the Toro 22186 Commercial 53cm High Vac mowers yesterday.

Fitted with a GSV 190 Honda engine, 3 point discharge (rear, side or mulch), lightweight but sturdy Ali deck we are so far quite impressed with it.

Very easy to handle, sin

Started by Gary RK in Machinery

24 Replies · Reply by Ben Marshall Oct 22, 2014

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Google maps....did you know ?

For those 'into' Google Maps, most know you can create your own map under 'My Places' and place all your sites etc on the map with marker pins, colour code them and keep details in the notes box (similar to that being done for the LJN maps - Green wa

Started by Gary RK in Business

1 Reply · Reply by Gary RK May 13, 2014

Lowest vibration light-duty Strimmer

Its coming up to that joyeus time where tools need replacing and updating - This time I'm looking to have a lightweight (as light as possible) low Vibration strimmer for lawn edging and light work, and a seperate strimmer / bursh cutter for the heavi

Started by David Cox in Machinery

21 Replies · Reply by Stephen @ SJS Jun 14, 2014

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Jobber users - How do I find a list of previous visits to a particular client?

I'm 80% there in my task to move to Jobber for running the scheduling, invoicing etc. for my business. I started using it a few weeks ago and am trying to back date all jobs, visits, clients etc to 5th April.I have noticed today that a visit that has

Started by Darren Walters in Social Media

14 Replies · Reply by Darren Walters May 28, 2014

Ride On Mower Advice Pls

Hi all I am looking at buying a new or very low hours mower as above for our orchard and also for other use locally.

We would like something that spreads the clippings but with the option of adding a collection box when necessary.

So far I have looked

Started by Ed Fairman

6 Replies · Reply by Ed Fairman May 22, 2014

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Stihl lawn edger

has anyone had any experience with these? i have quite a few customers who like there grass edges done and frankly its a pain in the ass. considering one of these but wanted people opinions?

Dan

Started by Daniel Lampard in Landscaping

16 Replies · Reply by Darren Walters May 20, 2014

Stihl HS81 problems

Hi all,

I have a HS61T Hedge cutter which is incredibly badly behaved. It's difficult to start and when it does, it usually stalls either immediately or the very second any throttle is introduced. I'd like to add it definitely has the correct fuel mix

Started by Tom Beevor in Machinery

15 Replies · Reply by Paul McNulty May 18, 2014

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Asulox 20lt – for bracken control – now available under EU emergency approval 2014

We thought you would like to know that Asulox for bracken control is now available for 2014 - having been given another EU Emergency Authorisation for use in the UK.

Once a favoured choice for bracken control there was an outcry when Asulox was remove

Started by Progreen Weed Control in Business

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Knapsack Sprayer Calibration

The single most asked question in pesticide application is: "How much do I put in a knapsack?"

The answer is that it depends on the calibration of your sprayer. In short, how many square metres one sprayer full of water + pesticide will cover.

It is im

Started by Robbie in Pesticides

1 Reply · Reply by Geoff Norfolk May 15, 2014

Trachycarpus fortunei going free (for someone brave enough to dig it out & transport)

A client of mine needs to get rid of this lovely Trachycarpus, its very healthy, trunk measuring about 6 feet tall.

It would need to be dug out and carried up a steep slope, through a conservatory..

For anyone brave enough, please contact me

Regards,

Fra

Started by Franne Ravensbergen in Plants

4 Replies · Reply by Franne Ravensbergen May 10, 2014

Fertiliser patio stain

I'm after some advice to get some stains out of some patio slabs that have been stained with a fertiliser application. The fertiliser contained 1% iron so I presume this is what has caused the stains.

My customer has tried to jet wash them off but the

Started by James Hall in Paving Materials and Advice

16 Replies · Reply by Lawncare-4u.co.uk May 22, 2014

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Turfing troubles; Scaffold for hedges; MPs call for Kew gardens debate - LJN Newsletter

Machinery suppliers, maintenance & hire centres
Gathering together garden machinery suppliers and maintenance depots thanks to recommendations from members - one to bookmark.

Websites and advertisin

Started by Phil Voice in Newsletter

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do you only do mowing/weeding and small garden maintenance?

Is this your core business or do you offer more services?

Are you planning on doing bigger / one-off jobs soon or happy as you are mowing on your own?

Diversification and a marketing mix are key to sustainability..

(dont put all your eggs in one basket)

Started by Lawncare-4u.co.uk

5 Replies · Reply by Paul McNulty May 11, 2014

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Etesia PKTB Pro46 constantly clogging up

My first Etesia was a used Pro46 PBTS (Briggs engine) and I was blown away by how well it performed even in the pouring rain. I always suspected the engine ran faster than it should have and coincidence or not, it eventually threw the con-rod through

Started by Darren Walters

8 Replies · Reply by Derek Tucker May 12, 2014

New mower

Hi all,I think my mower is on its last legs & debating new one. At this point I'm thinking will I pick up a cheap enough one in b&q or is it worth spending/investing in a commercial machine. It would be used a good bit but is the commercial machine w

Started by darragh connolly in Machinery

35 Replies · Reply by Seth Burgess May 14, 2014

Foot attire

I am currently wearing a pair of Zamberlan one piece leather/goretex walking boots for most jobs, mainly because I already had them and they are very comfortable.
I am looking at replacing them now. What do most people wear on their feet most of the

Started by David Parker in Clothing

13 Replies · Reply by John Baker May 13, 2014

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