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Hi From Webster Power Products in the UK!

Hi everyone,

We are a new Etesia, Mountfield and general garden care dealer for the UK. Since we are ned to this game we thought it would be a good idea to hook up with some experts and get some feedback on our range, adive and prices.

Look forward to

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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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LISS/CSCS Card

Dear All,

I am interested in undertaking site/commercial work as a labourer/landscaper for local landscapers in my area.

Having found out about CSCS cards through conversations with colleagues and researching online I have noticed that are TWO potentia

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billy goat Leaf Collector vacuum Litter Mulcher Debris Self Propeled Drive Mv650

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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Shrub and tree insurance

Hi, I just wondered if anyone has any advice on insurance for garden shrubs that I could offer clients? I am mostly concerned with supplying Box as they are relatively expensive and I had a problem with Box blight in a clients garden last year. Thank

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Miles of mowing

All - just a little fun - if you have one of those pedometer things for counting footsteps... wear one for a week or two whihle cutting grass to work out how many miles you cover behind your mower....

the last 2 weeks I'have done........... 230,442 st

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Moving Heathers

Can someone help me please?
I have a customer who has a bed of Heathers at the front with gaps where presumably Heathers have died and been removed, leaving bare soil. They would like to replant a couple of Heathers from the rear garden to fill the g

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Experienced Carpenter sought to give a quote on a garden design concept..

Hi!

I am looking for an experienced Carpenter to give a quote on a garden design concept for a small garden in North-East London. This is a bespoke project and I am looking for someone who is very experienced and skilled in designing and making one-of

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Accounts need help

I know this a grey area but I have 2 guys I sub contract work to how should I be showing this on my accounts ? Should it show what jobs they worked on or will garden tidy up suffice

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EU propose to ban seed swapping

Seed swaps: illegal soon?

The EU directives on the marketing of seeds and plant propagating material are currently being reviewed. The new regulation threatens rare varieties and farmers’ varieties. Non-commercial varieties are under particular threa

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Path Edging for Bark

Hi, I'm looking for an idea ?

I have designed a curvy path which my client would like to cover with loose bark. But what is the most economic edging to use only it is quite along path ? In Australia he used thin redwood which were pliable and cheap.

Is

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LARGE TURFING JOB....NEARLY FINISHED....150,000m2

HYDE PARK....

LOOKING GOOD

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The ultimate Lawnmower

Got my lawnmowers out today at home. Just sit back with a beer and watch. Best thing is they are completely eco friendly and fertilise as they go.

And look at this lawn tractor - it's a John Deere. Fits in the trailer real easy and gets easily in to a

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Must Britain now Dig for Survival?

Scaremongering by ill-informed journalist of a real possibility?

Warnings of world food shortages are gathering pace and the horsemeat scandal has highlighted the provenance of food

Outside in my shady urban garden there stands possibly the most fert

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Maintenance work

Hi all garden maintenance folks!

I run a small bamboo nursery and at the moment don't employ any staff and its getting too much to manage the sales side of the business and the plants.

I know not many of you are local to us in Aberdeenshire but just wa

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Marsh Lawn

Hi folks,

I was wondering what suggestions I could get towards a lawn that is soaking underneath. I have a customer in a new build house, built on a once field. the ground is absolutely sodden. I used my fork to prong holes in it today to hopefully le

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weed killer of the moment

Hello

What's the preferred weed treatment at the moment?
Got my pa1 / pa6 last winter so this will be my first year spraying!
Was looking at 5l of gallup 360 for about £40, any better alternatives? will be doing customers driveway's & paths.

Cheers Jam

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Twitter ...You know its bad when...

You get Tweet's offering you a business service that provides :

"Results driven Twitter Management Services" for SME's...with a discount !

I am missing the point here :-) ?

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Don’t fall for Ash Die Back scam

Spring has finally arrived and so have the rogue tree surgeons warn Warwickshire County Council’s Trading Standards Service!

Warwickshire householders and landowners are advised not to employ door to door tree surgeons offering to carry out tree surg

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Raymond Blanc: 'I was a gardener long before I cooked'

Chef Raymond Blanc was brought up to love gardening. Now he is launching a competition to help design a new heritage garden at his flagship restaurant.

Raymond Blanc stands in a patch of bare ground, flinging soil into the air with a fork. "This is w

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