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Managing an overdraft by changing the way you think

I thought you might be interested in a mental technique I have developed for dealing with overdrafts.

During the time I had my company I used and considered an overdraft wrongly.

I remember when my bank manager first extended to me a limit of £1,000

Started by Phil Voice in Business

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Have you started treating lawns yet?

Just wondering whether anyone has started treating lawns yet - weed, feed etc? I haven't as i think it is far too cold - currently we have snow on the ground and as i type this it is snowing. I have seen GT vans about but that doesn't surprise me. I'

Started by Scott Grimes in Turfcare

19 Replies · Reply by English Sheep Mar 12, 2013

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Whats your best 'Snow' photo(s) from today...?

Seen some great photos of today's weather already, but do any LJNers have good shots of the current weather in their area? Still waiting for it to hit in Reading....flurries getting bigger :-(

Started by Gary RK in Weather

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young beech-wet feet.

can someone back me up here?i advise to a customer A, B, C, etc.. customer wants everything-for whatever random reason-done Z, F, 59, eleventytwelve!pruning shrubs that are about to flower..scarifying a lawn and then weeks later autumn feeding it and

Started by neil aldridge

9 Replies · Reply by Lawncare-4u.co.uk Mar 15, 2013

Multi-Sensory gardens

I have been very fortunate and been asked / commissioned to design and build a Multi-Sensory Garden. I wondered if any of you nice folk out there had any stories of potential pitfalls or anything specialist I should be aware of when pulling together

Started by Phil Stovell

5 Replies · Reply by chris nangle Mar 11, 2013

Recommended 3D Garden design

Can anyone recommend software for 3D garden designs to help with quotes. I also dont want to pay a premium price or be bamboozled with an over complicated program thats going to consume too much of my time.

Started by David Flinders

3 Replies · Reply by Gary RK Mar 9, 2013

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Advice on buying my first van

Hello all. I am about to make the move fom estate car to van and was hoping for a bit of advice to help me make the right choice.

I was looking to spend around £2.5k. Is this enough to get something smart and reliable?

Would a regular sized van be suff

Started by Dave Bruton

30 Replies · Reply by chris Mar 17, 2013

pergola construction

I am going to build a pergola. It will have a wooden frame and I want to put galvanised wire rope running in evenly spaced rows across the open roof and back.
A traditional but also slightly contemporary look.
Does anyone please have suggestions fo

Started by thedirtydigger

3 Replies · Reply by axeljk Mar 11, 2013

Tolerances

I was wondering if landscapers have a guide to the allowed tolerances for the laying thicknesses of sub base material and finished levels of the sub grade, ie + / - 10mm etc.

Started by Richard Jones

9 Replies · Reply by stephen murray-cook Mar 14, 2013

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Drivers CPC

Started my 'drivers CPC' course today.

If you want to drive professionally after September 2014 and your vehicle / trailer weighs over 3.5 tones in total you will be required by law to have it.

More info here
And wikipedia

More bloody red tape…

Started by Robbie in Vehicles

3 Replies · Reply by Robbie Mar 11, 2013

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RFCA - Reserve Forces and Cadet Associations

Good morning
I've recently been asked to quote for the above association.
Basically involves maintaining grounds at reserve forces bases and cadet buildings in your area. In my area there were 19 sites.

If your interested their website is http://www.r

Started by Andy Harrold

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A job well done - Scarifying ?

Take a look at this picture - is that a good job well done !

Scarified down to 25mm.

Would love to be able to do that so neat:

Picture courtesy of Fine Turf Services via Twitter @FineTurfServ

Started by Gary RK in Turfcare

12 Replies · Reply by Ross Stuart Mckinlay Jan 30, 2014

Range Cookers

This is nothing to do with gardening other than it's about cooking the spoils of the veg patch.

I am looking to buy a range cooker and have decided that an Aga, which I have had before will be too hot in our south facing kitchen and too expensive to r

Started by Kerrie John-The garden design Co

4 Replies · Reply by Kerrie John-The garden design Co Mar 8, 2013

Apple tree pruning

Don't normally have any trouble with thinning/pruning trees but this one has me slightly puzzled as to the best way to proceed.
Basically, its a very old tree.. the main trunk goes up to about 8' where it splits into 6 smaller "trunks". These all go u

Started by Geoff Norfolk in Plants

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Stretched SME owners "multi-tasking to the extreme"

SME business owners juggle too many tasks, and it affects their focus on strategy and success, according to new research by Pitney Bowes. The research studied the marketing habits of over 500 UK small businesses, and it found that the traditional ene

Started by Gary RK

5 Replies · Reply by Lawncare-4u.co.uk Mar 15, 2013

Business Idea - Need some market research help.

Hi all,

I have an idea for a business and I need to pick the brains of a few Landscape contractors, Designers and specifiers.

If you have 5 mins and can answer a few questions then please let me know.

Many thanks

Ben

Started by Ben Cox

2 Replies · Reply by Ben Cox Mar 9, 2013

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Whose garden is it anyway?

I retained at least two of my clients for the full +20 years I had my landscaping and gardening business.

I had several clients respectively of more than ten and fifteen years standing and lots who we served in excess of five years.

Many clients beca

Started by Phil Voice

3 Replies · Reply by Colin Hunt Mar 8, 2013

What are the business eletricity costs? What contract do you have?

Hi All,
We moved to our own place just after Christmas and it is beautiful.
I now got to very large garages in addition to the 3 other storage places in one of the farms around us.

as i work from home, like some others here ,i was offered business and

Started by Ofer El-hashahar

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Grass cutter in Northampton

I have been aproached by a customer to cut grass at a site in Northampton. Unfortantly grass cutting is not really my thing so I am looking for a suitable person who may be intrested in doing this for me.If you are intrested please drop me a line.Reg

Started by MWJONES

4 Replies · Reply by Kieran Ray Mar 5, 2013

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Started by stephen murray-cook

1 Reply · Reply by Stuart @ Eco Garden Maintenance Mar 6, 2013

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