Cheapest grass cutter ever?

Apparently this guy will come out and cut your grass from just £3!!!!

http://www.gumtree.com/p/jobs/gardener/1013225343

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Etesia ME53C Review

I love Pellenc battery powered tools so it was only natural that i eventually try an Etesia mower. The glowing reviews they get from people on LJN and the excellent customer service provided from Etesia UK enforced my feeling that i must try one of t

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Clocks go forward at 1.00 am 31 March 2013

Clocks go forward by one hour at 1.00am this coming Sunday

see here for details: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=136

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LJN awards....rewarding the people within our industry

It's always great to see an image of a job well done. It's always good to recognise the people behind a job well done.

Nobody could ever say that setting high standards for oneself and our industry is a bad thing.

However LJN is as much about the peo

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Best Timber as Fuel for Woodburners

As I sit in my kitchen in my non centrally heated house bathing in 23.8 C (0.9 C and snow and gales outside) temperature produced by my new wood burning stove (1 Month) I reckon I have a big job ahead gathering and preparing enough fuel for the next

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Photos - how do you deal with them?

I use my iPhone and digi camera interchangeably so have photos everywhere (PC, iPhone, memory sticks etc).

I've used Picasa with some success to bring all those together on a PC, but I need to make some available to other people (for some marketing &

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first year landscaper

hope this cold snap goes soon im really struggling with jobs any ideas .this is my first year self employed

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Strangest days gardening i've ever done.

As part of my post of not getting a NHS contract, i've had to complete these NHS sites for this year, which i'm in the process this and last week of doing.

Last week myself and a colleague had to do a days work at Goodmayes hospital, which is for cat

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Hedge too wide

Interested on how to cut an oleria hedge which Is 5ft tall but the problem is its 12 ft wide I can't reach the other side even with my long reach hedge trimmer it's on the edge of a cliff and I can't get round the other side any ideas is there a tele

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BBC Gardeners World Live

Hi there,

I am a BSc Hons Landscape Designer at Bridgwater College. We have to do GWL Show in June but desperately need some wood to build a shed and some decking(around 13m2) also anything to build the sub frame. Please can anyone help us. We can col

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Hedge pricing

Just pricing up a couple of hedge jobs a d always struggle to get price right the first one is a 30 mtre conifer hedge 10 ft high top and one side and the 2 Nd pne is 65mtr laurel hedge 65 mtr long 6ft high 2 sides any help would be gratefull

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Insurance Claim

A few weeks ago I caught a stone with my strimmer and smashed a window on a customers conservatory.

I am insured with Direct Line so I called them to see if they would cover it. They asked if I had a guard on my strimmer and if I checked the area for

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Garden security: a locksmith on how to secure your shed - Which? Local

Garden sheds are notoriously difficult to secure because they're usually unsuitable for mortice locks, leaving locks fitted to the face of the shed vulnerable to being ripped out.

Apart from valuable gardening equipment, the garden shed also provides

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ready........steady........cut

Its that time of year were every one starts to pull the mowers out of the shed and start getting ready to cut,

Before you think of going out to your first customer, have you double-checked your machines over?

Many people this time of year do not even t

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Next phase of LJN development to commence next week

I have today agreed the development costs and the roadmap with our development team to upgrade LJN to provide some exciting new tools and facilities to LJN.

Work will start this coming Monday.

• There will be a mix of enhancements to Premium membershi

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Simpler Financial Reporting for Micro-entities consultation

The European Union has recently defined a new category of company, the “micro-entity”.

See here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/86259/13-626-simpler-financial-reporting-for-micro-entities-consultation.pdf

A

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Met Office issues severe weather warning for the next 48 hours

21 March 2013 - Met Office forecasters are warning that heavy rain and snow are likely to bring disruption to parts of the UK over the next couple of days.

An area of low pressure is currently moving in from the Atlantic and will give heavy rainfall

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Working at height measures and regulations

Working at height

Working at height remains one of the biggest causes of fatalities and major injuries. Common cases include falls from ladders and through fragile roofs.  

Work at height means work in any place, including at or below ground level (f

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Is this euonymus?

http://www.growsonyou.com/hywel/blog/22573-a-variety-of-variegations7th pic down variegated leaves and red stemsI know the website suggests it is, but I have two customers with 10'+ trees with leaves and stems exactly like this, would they be euonymu

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What's a horticulturist?

Hi all,

I introduced myself to Phil & the LJN folk at the 2012 meet up in Birmingham.
I explained about our charity and how we helped horticulturists but pointed out that our criteria included soft landscaping but not hard landscaping meaning that we

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