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Pleached trees - London garden - rules

Hello,

I'm designing a garden in West London for a client who is very overlooked. One of the things I'm thinking of is a row of pleached trees. I've done a lot of research and if I have understood correctly if they are not evergreen this would not cou

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Cordless machinery set up

Hello, I'm wondering if anyone can give me advice on what cordless machinery I should look at getting for my circumstances. 

This season I have been fortunate enough to be able to go part time with my garden maintenance, just a few mornings a week. I

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Wiebang legacy 56 pro

Be grateful for user experience, particularly, reliability, forward speeds, wet grass collection, dealer experience. Thanks

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Out of Hours Communication

Part of the job I suppose, but does anyone else get frustrated with both current and prospective clients messaging you on a Friday evening at 21:00, or a Sunday morning at 8:00 asking if I can call them between 10 and 11 to discuss some hedge cutting

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Lawnflite 553HRS Rear Roller Stuck on shaft

Hi All.

I need to change the clucth in the gearbox, but im having a issue removing the smaller roller of the shaft. I have managed to separate it by about a inch using a bit of timber and a hammer, but it wont move anymore than that. Has anyone else h

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Honda hrd536c

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has ran this machine in the past? It's a 4 wheel mower. I have had mine for almost 3 years. I have had the usual drive replaced at just under 2 years. And a few cables replaced and the top half of the clutch done soo

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Masport roller mower

Anyone got,used the 22inch rear roller, it's fixed speed and no BBC. Particularly interested in grass collection capabilities, how do you find y fixed speed and reliability?

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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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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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