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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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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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What is the best grout colour?

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

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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'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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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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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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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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How to get a job working outdoors... :-)

Came across this today :

http://msn.careerbuilder.co.uk/Article/MSN-369-Job-Search-How-to-get-a-job-working-outdoors/?

Good to know i'm in the right job .....

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Living Walls - need installers

Hi all

Garden Beet supplies livng wall systems - we do not install - - please make contact if you are interested in installing our products   - we need Safety Health and Enviornmental Systems in place as well as current CSCS card.

thanks Felicity Water

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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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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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Fees waived to help our Charity

Can I say a public thank you to Chris Poddinger and the guys at Treetech in Dorset who drastically & expertly reduced trees and hedges surrounding a Perennial client's home.

Our client is a gardener but is not able to do this work himself and when Chr

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New mower time

Hello allI currently have a husqvarna r53sv, it's a good wee mower but it struggles in the wet a bit, the bag just clogs up instantly at the entrance then blows grass all over the ground.Can anyone recommend a good mower for commercial use. Would nee

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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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Discount on machinery

I'm curious and interested to know what discount (if any) you would expect on say a lawn mower from the normal price?

I had a situation this week regarding a new lawnmower..the people i normally go to don't stock the machine i was looking at, so i had

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Superb idea for a stag weekend

Did anyone else see this? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-19290932

What a great idea and one that makes a difference!

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Is there 'unbaised' reporting of environmental concerns ?

It's clearly a hot debate, with 'heated' arguments from both sides (as seen recently on LJN). Supporters can find counter arguments against the doom and gloom forecast by the eco-science camps that promote the world will come to great harm in several

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What do you use to stop your plants being eaten by bugs

I have a few gardens i look after that have different plants, hedges & shrubs all in various stages of  being consumed by bugs.

I do not claim to be a gardener, I look after lawns in the main.

Whilst I can purchase general bug control sprays at around

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