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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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vat on invoices?

hi all

well just starting to sit down with quickbooks and do my first invoices...

all the invoice templates on quickbooks have columns for vat.

i'm not vat registered and don't intend to be, do i still have to display the vat parts on the invoice at 0%?

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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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Quoting large jobs

Hi All, I'd just like to ask those on here with the experience if they could offer any advice on how I would go about quoting to clear 6.5 acres. The land is all part of a disused farm, and was once gardens, which will eventually be restored, but I h

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Advice: building standing stone water feature

Just about to build a water feature using a 1M high purple schist standing stone - pre-drilled by CED. It is to be set over a sunken reservoir with slate chippings around the base.

I know that you can buy ready made bases from the like of Finia (?), b

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Mildew on oak trees

Hi, a couple of mature oak trees in one of my gardens have really fallen foul to mildew this year, and their leaves are falling at an alarming rate. I am in the South East, and have not really experienced this before. I assume it has been due to the

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Buying a Silky Pole Saw

I am ordering a Silky pole saw off FR Jones, before their 1pm cut off tomorrow for next day delivery . Hayate or Hayauchi?, I will be buying the 6mtr plus models.

I like the option of the Hayauchi having the lopper attachment, but how does it feel com

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Pricing a small job in Spain - Speak the language?

I am pricing a small job in Spain, artificial grass to be exact, and wondering if anybody knows what the Spanish calls MOT, type 1 aggregate in a 0-6mm size?

Also, what is it like to hire machines out there? Say for instance a wacker plate?

This job is

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Blade Water Feature

Hey there people, is there anyone out there who has installed a few Blade Water Features?

And if so... is there any chance I can bend your ear for five minutes?

I have a few particular questions and a sketch handy but I think my main cause for concern

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Etesia Pro46

Has anyone any experience of the relatively new duo cut model?TIA

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Do you really need a business bank account ?

HiWe have been trading now for 9 years and have had a business account since we started up. I have never really questioned why, more professional, by law, tax reasons ?Since Santander will now be charging for there ' Free for for life' account I star

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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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