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Searching for a local Wholesale plant supplier

hi Guys,

I have been up and running with my garden maintenance business since May and have been pretty busy. As the planting season is approaching I am struggling to find a local trade nursery with a good range of plants at trade prices. Our loacal Co

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Cellulitis deep skin infection caused by bacteria following bites

Have just read a note from someone who spent 4 days in hospital on a drip caused by insect bites that got infected (while mowing).

The bacteria concerned has a 4 to 24 hour development phase. Skin becomes red and inflamed/swollen and sore then you get

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IPad

just got an iPad. Should have got one before now. spot on bit of kit.I did a job Friday email the invoice while at the customers and received the payment before I got back to the office 10 minutes later!Now what apps do you recommend to download? bus

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heres a wee idea... why dont we all like eachothers facebook pages?

as the title says! Post all yours below and lets help each other out :)

https://www.facebook.com/benjisgardening

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mantis tiller

does anyone own a matis tiller deuxe cultivator i bought one last month for my buisness and its been great  for digging up small beds.it also has a scarrafier and aireator and a edger used the scarrafier top notch tool..if you haveone tell me what yo

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Landscape Juice Network visitor stats for the last week

It may be the summer holidays with a raging heatwave but it's done little to dent the visitor numbers to LJN.

One would expect a weekend to be less busy on any website as people follow recreational pursuits and the graphic above does indeed show a

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Please donate just £10.00 to help those in horticulture

Thank you so much to everyone who has already donated to my fast approaching mowerthon. I cannot tell you how much I genuinely appreciate your generosity.

I am still way off of my (overly ambitious?) £10,000 target and I still need more. As of this m

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Consumer Rights

This link was Tweeted to me via Trading Standards and provides a useful one-stop guide to Consumer Rights/Laws - worth bookmarking for future reference:

http://www.thefurnitureombudsman.org/consumer-advice

(don't worry about the main domain name...;-

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Annual Trailer Testing (MOT).

As most of us landscapers and garden maintenance providers frequently use a trailer to transport equipment and materials, it came to my attention today that I am to annually MOT my trailer. I routinely tow an Ifor Williams GD105, and today was the fi

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Etesia Pro 46

I wondered if anyone has bought the push one...this seems a light machine and wondered if you have how you managed with lengthy grass.

Also, how well do these push the grass out the back with no bag on.

Many thanks

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Remote control bank mowing

Does anyone on here do remote controlled bank mowing? We currently use our Hybot the only one in the country and have been please with the results, up until then we used a Spider which I wouldn't rate at all due to its size and height plus its on whe

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What is the best grout colour?

what would you say the best colour grout is for Yorkstone Weatherd Ochra

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What's the oldest plant you've planted still thriving?

I recently asked on the Landscape Juice blog 'What's the oldest plant you've planted still thriving?'

So far I haven't had any responses. Maybe you missed the post or you are just not as old as me;-0))

What legacy have you left for future generations

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How not to cut a hedge

Picked up a catalogue today from a well known builders merchant and while thumbing through came across the image posted below.

Cutting a hedge, albeit just a posed photo, but using a grass strimmer while standing on a platform and no ear defenders or

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The physics of mowing the lawn, a superb read :

I love this article - maths meets mowing :-) Right up my street.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/optimal-lawn-mowing-patterns/

Thanks to Acacia Rentals for Tweeting this to me earlier this week..

Now...can this be embedded into LiberRate fo

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Berlingo van livery

Hi Guys

I'm about to get my Berlingo van sign written...

This is my company logo that i intend to use on the side of the van, I'm wondering should I list as much stuff as i can or keep it simple.

Logo

Lawn care specialist

Contact number and website

Or do I

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How to make a shed using recycled materials

So I have recently moved, I have no storage space for tools or an office.

 

I do have two slightly damaged sheds, I intend to make this into one large shed, make a small office and storage area.

 

Has anybody any experience in this?

 

I think once I put a

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Landscapers doing building work.

Do any of the hard landscapers on this site offer building services?

 

Be it tiling, extensions, barn conversions or conservatory bases?

 

What with the rain this year, I have found myself working more and more indoors, its not just the weather, I seem t

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Do you have an exit strategy or plan?

I was reading about the fact that most small business owners have no exit strategy from their business.

What's your plan or do you plan to continue until you retire, injure yourself or drop dead ?

Is that approach feasible ?

Should we all be looking

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How to get work.

Morning all,After 15 years of not having to advertise the jobs seem to be drying up.We only have work 2 weeks in advance and its worrying.What do people find the best ways of going about getting jobs and filling the diary?

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