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Are rockeries about to make a comeback?

There is an article on today's Independent - Rock around the plot! It's the latest gardening craze - which suggests that the once popular, but more recently despised, rockery, might about to make a comeback.

I remember once going to a quarry in Devon

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What makes LJN so special?

If you are a regular LJN user you'll be pleased to know that the site is humming at the moment and we are currently experiencing high daily traffic.

Searches for springtime garden and landscaping activities have increased by about 20% this week and

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Van Insurance....possible problems

Having insured and paid for the van insurance last September with one of the largest companies never gave it a thought until I tried to add a mature(over 30)named driver and was quoted £240.After quite a few phone calls later the reason for this ridi

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Hire versus buying tools and equipment

Hi
Do you hire equipment or do you buy it if you know your going to need it regularly?

The only thing I umm and ahhh about is a breaker. Not a lot of money to hire, but if say replacing a fence post in amongst concrete the cost goes up for the customer

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Garden redesign job going in Harbourne Birmingham.

While doing an ad-hoc job in Harbourne yesterday I got a call from someone over the road who had seen the van.

I didn't pick the message up until after we had left and I don't have any other clients or contacts over that way, so I turned her down.

I di

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hedge planting

Evening all can any one guide me on how to price up plant 50m of bare root blackthorn/hawthorn canes and tree guards. planted in a "V" formation quite close together.

As part of the job I have suggested getting a digger in to dig a trench as there is

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Etesia 46, Hunting engine problems

Recently had this mower serviced and for the first few cuts all was well but on Friday engine started hunting(revs going up and down) and then cutting out,sounds like fuel starvation so sprayed the carb with cleaner but no effect.To add insult while

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New kit

Hi all

It's been some time since i posted on here. I just managed to convince my superiors that we need some new kit (which we do!)

I work at a High school and we are in the market for a new strimmer/brushcutter and self propelled pedestrian mower. We

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Website feedback

Good morning one and all. I have been plodding along with my maintenance firm for a few years now with no problems and been getting new customers through word of mouth which I have been very happy with but this winter I decided to start a website. Wh

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Measuring wheel

Looking for a good measuring wheel for lawns any suppliers

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Accountants

I know some of you will say how long is a ball of string, but what should I expect to be paying an accountant - I'm a sole trader with no employees.

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Eliet Shredder Prof IV woodchipper chipper tree surgeon surgery 710mm wide 13hp

Hi All.

I am having a clearout of the yard and selling off things that i dont use.

My billy goat leaf collector ebay item number 181126087654

My eliet Shredder ebay item number 181125633691

and i will also be listing my sheen flame gun for burning off we

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Working abroad

Hi
I was just wondering if anyone had experience of freelancing abroad. I've got the possibility of doing some garden design work with a (local) friend in Bangalore, India, but just don't know how much of a nightmare the paperwork would be. So I just

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looking for unwanted work in the gatwick area

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Bankruptcy - would you deal with that "person/business" ?

What would your stance be if you had heard a potential client/business had previously been declared Bankrupt, but was now discharged?

How is this seen/perceived by people now?

It seems more common place to find such situations (..because of the law,

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Excavator For Narrow Access!

Hi Folks

I looked at two jobs yesterday that both had very narrow access, one was 590mm (barely wide enough for a wheelbarrow) and the other 770mm.

It's the latter that I need a bit of help with.

Does anybody know of an excavator/360 etc. that can fit t

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BO - A Massive Threat to the Landscaping Industry

BO in this case refers to Biodiversity Offsetting, but stinks as badly if not worse than a personal hygiene problem. At first glance this initiative on offer from the Government seems harmless, indeed it appears to be a good idea. BUT I felt compelle

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Silly thing that you have been told off for!

today, having avoid mowing over 5 or 6 cowslip primulas i accidently mowed over another small specimen that was growing in the middle of the lawn. my customer march out to the spot in her bath robe back into the house and then out again to tell me of

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Hedge Trimming or Hedge Reduction ???

Do you discriminate between trimming and reduction???

We do. If there is only one years growth to come of it usually hedge trimming. If irs more than that then we class it as reducing, and charge double than as for trimming.

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Old machinery - junk, store or repair ?

Over the years we have managed to collect a multitude of 'broken/worn out' machinery and tools at our base.

The intention always has been to 'cannibalise/combine/repair' these items, but pressure of work never allows this happen.

Desperate for space,

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