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Turf preparation - spray or use turf cutter?

Just wondering how you prepare the ground before you go to a turfing job, currently I visit the site 2 weeks before turfing and spray whole area with roundup.

I'm getting quite a few turfing jobs this year and the spraying 2 week before turfing

Started by David Strong

12 Replies · Reply by Colin Hunt Jul 3, 2012

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How do you turn down business ?

When an opportunity presents itself to your business and for various reasons you do not want to proceed BUT need to let the client down gently so as not to burn your bridges, how do you handle it ?

We've used :

- the 'project book' / diary full

- lac

Started by Gary RK

15 Replies · Reply by Geoffrey King Jul 5, 2012

Hazel Hurdle

Dear all

Does anyone know a traditional English Hazel craftsman? Our lovely old local woodsman retired and we have a need for some 500mm high hurdle for a kitchen garden i.e. bespoke sizes

All pointers very much appreciated

Brian - Outdoor Options Ltd

Started by Brian Herbert

3 Replies · Reply by Jonathan Nex Jul 7, 2012

Blogging works!

A few months ago I attended an APL-arranged afternoon where a marketing expert went through the various forms of social networking, facebook, Twitter, etc.

It was very useful because I was able to establish that Facebook and Twitter were pointless for

Started by Dave Sewell in Marketing

1 Reply · Reply by Susan Jul 5, 2012

This is a pro forma email we have been sending to all our clients/contracts,dont like to think that members are losing work purely because of freak weather conditions,you should be able to copy/adapt this letter to suit.Hope it helps,regards all,Paul

Started by paul mcdermott

7 Replies · Reply by paul mcdermott Jul 6, 2012

Turfing Query

Customer wants a turfing job done, and has already excavated the area of old paving, approx 45m2 down to the clay subsoil. There's the remains of concrete footings for an old koi carp pond walling, about 8' square. Customer doesn't want the added cos

Started by Ian Olpin

10 Replies · Reply by Ian Olpin Jul 8, 2012

Mower wanted / old one for sale.

We are currently looking for a new mower as our current mower is too heavy to fit on the back of the van and I don't have a b+e licence.Our current mower is a Jacobsen ar250, it has a 2.5m cut from 5 independent rotary mulching decks, its the mower i

Started by Kieran Ray in Machinery

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Business funding, but not from the banks

At T&S Plants we had issues to address this year, namely the gap in our production range of small plants. The reason was that we had lots of plants 10 litre upwards, but no smaller stock.

In February this year we had two choices, either we trade on 2

Started by T & S Plants in Business

2 Replies · Reply by Bespoke Lawncare Jul 4, 2012

Does anyone no any good garden design software?

Hi Just wondering if anyone knows any good garden design programs or software?

Not to expensive?

Thanks

Dave

http://fenceinstallationnorthlondon.co.uk/

Started by David Harris in Design

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Rocks, pebbles etc for pond in Esher, Surrey

Can anyone help? Looking for a supplier of rocks etc for a pond we are creating near Esher. Spent the last hour online and now losing the will to live, the search having produced nothing! Have however found two suppliers close to home (Farnham are

Started by Jane Heath

4 Replies · Reply by Jane Heath Jul 13, 2012

They have got to be joking haven't they? £7.00 per hour?

A certain garden maintenance and landscaping company in the Canterbury area of East Kent are advertising on Gumtree for experienced gardening staff to carry out maintenance and landscaping work. The rate of pay the company are offering is £7.00 per h

Started by Paul Lewis

12 Replies · Reply by Chris Auld Jul 3, 2012

Landscaping Gazebo

Hi There,

Does anyone know where I can hire a landscaping gazebo - the type you see at the shows for working outside undercover? Can you specific landscaping/ building ones rather than the picnic-ing type?

Many thanks

Melissa

Started by Melissa Jolly in Hire

13 Replies · Reply by Steve London Stone Jul 10, 2012

Owning two businesses for VAT purposes.

I have got to the stage now where my turnover has exceeded the VAT threshold and as of August i will be going VAT registered. Nowadays the majority of our work is landscaping and tree work althoiugh we still carry out a lot of domestic maintenance al

Started by Chris Auld in Business

13 Replies · Reply by Richard Thornton Jul 2, 2012

Displaying VAT on written quotes

Just wondering wether or not show the amount of VAT being charged on written quotations to domestic customers.

Lets say you provide a quote for putting up a fence, would you write:

£1000 +VAT

£1200 inc VAT

or just £1200.

Started by Chris Auld in Business

4 Replies · Reply by Busy Bee Garden Services Limited Jul 6, 2012

Veoila Water

Its been announced that Veolia Water has been sold to a consortium and will be renamed. In view that they still have a hosepipe ban may I respectfully suggest the following

Not a drop water co

Cash for drips uk

Started by Nicholas Boyes

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What a week! Mower breakdowns

Tuesday evening my John Deere L120 threw it's drive belt. I got it back on finished the job and moved onto the next. Halfway through it, the blades stopped rotating. I checked the belt, it was on OK, and tried to fire up the deck again, but no luck.

Started by Sean @ Eclipse

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Landscape Contractor available : Cheltenham

Hello Landscape Juice (looking for work, Cheltenham)

I am advertising myself as being available for work on a contractual basis. I have a whopping 18 plus years experience in the design and build of domestic (and some commercial) landscapes.

I have o

Started by Oliver Castledine

3 Replies · Reply by Oliver Castledine Jul 1, 2012

For a fencing service, gardening, or landscaping in North London give Greenfellas a call.

For a gardening service, fencing installation or landscaping work in and around North London areas give Greenfellas a call.

We offer all aspects of garden landscaping work including fencing, turfing, decking, garden sheds, artificial grass, garden cl

Started by David Harris in Marketing

1 Reply · Reply by Brian www.mibservices.co.uk Jun 29, 2012

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Hampton Court Palace flower show...LJN will be there Monday for the official launch of.......?

Is anyone going to the Hampton Court Palace flower show next week?

Just a bit of advanced info; I will be there with Perennial, Etesia and Fusion Media to launch something I think will be very special,at the press day on Monday.

Please watch out for

Started by Phil Voice in Marketing

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* Love Your Garden * Prog Ch3

What are views on yesterday's Alan Titchmarsh's 'Love your garden program on Ch 3.

Seems to me to be just a re jigged 'Ground Force' with more personnel especially younger female gardeners ;-) They gave out some material costings but as usual no indic

Started by Andrew Goss

6 Replies · Reply by Fenlandphil Jun 30, 2012

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