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Neglected Alley

Hoping i can describe this without photo 

A client has asked for Two estimates 

1 to weed two 16 metre strips of land  ( 16 metres long x 6 inches wide ) l on both sides of an alley between properties which forms the back entrances to the properties . 

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Ride on mower

At the point now, where I have quite a few large Lawns/ paddocks (and taking on more) , that ideally need cutting with a ride on. One which I already use a customers ride on for. Looking to invest in a machine. However, I don't have a towbar and trai

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This is a first... what would you do?

I have just received a call from a neighbour of a client who we visited today - he says I scuffed his car with the van. I am 100% sure I didnt - there was no radio on in the van, quiet narrow road, the window of the van was open a bit  - and I was go

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Horsetails 😱

I have a client who has recently moved to a new house and unfortunately under the privet hedge and a large Laurel, horsetails are popping up all over the place. Any suggestions on the best way to manage these would be much appreciated. I've told them

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Design drawings - hand vs Sketchup

Hi all

I'm a design newbie and I wanted to ask your opinion. Do I need to learn how to hand draw site plans and surveys or would something like Sketchup or other software make hand drawn plans and surveys redundant. 

Thanks

Susan

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Drainage behind a small property

Hi there, I've done a lot of research and still stumped. I want to create more drainage at the rear of a small chalet ... Problem is, if we put pipes in (French Drain), there is nowhere for the pipe to direct the water as we're in a 'row' of chalets.

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Improving wet grass collection

Fitted a new replacement bag to my trusty old Masport a few days ago....................... grass collection was always good on this old mower but I'd done the trick of  putting about 20  roughly 15mm holes in the back of the bag but I hadn't modifie

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JOHN DEERE C52KS

Any members got one or used one? Be interested in any feedback, we are considering buying one primarily for bank use. On a different subject in case not everyones heard that both John Deere and Kubota are pulling out of the pedestrian mower market, s

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Garden Design Software 2D to 3D; 3D to 2D

Hi All,

I'm new to your forum here, but not new to gardening. Been growing plants for 45 years and gardening professionally since 1996.

I'm making the transition from basing the business on garden maintenance to basing it on garden design.

I've tried

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Non chemical lawn care.

Hi all been a while since I've posted  I hope everyone is stayin safe.  So my question is about lawn treatments is it possible to improve a lawn without using chemicals I'm interested in taking as organic an approach as possible and I'm mindful that

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Lawn air injection timing

 As per thread title, I'm looking for some advice on best timing for using an air injection for heavy rutting and compaction on a clay based lawn.

After a spring of projects, croquet lawn installation and tennis court renovation where all access was a

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Match for paving slabs

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Hi, These are riven paving stones 450 x 670. I need to replace some broken ones but I cannot find them, does anyone know what they may be called or advice on matching them up?

Thanks Dave 

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Burning waste in a client's garden

Hi All. 

I have a customer with a large garden and their previous gardener has piled the waste in a large pile away from the house.  

 

I am being asked to burn the waste.  

 

Is this legal and do you need any permissions or is there anything that should

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Charging for laying turf

Hi guys and girls. Another how much to charge thread. 

I have a turfing job this weekend about 70²M in total. The top few inches have already been scraped off and I have a rotavator hired for the morning to prepare the soil. Then topsoil to go down le

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Outfront or Compact

Morning. I have a Kubota F3680 that's coming to the end of its life. It works very hard.

I'm considering getting a new(er) one but am in two minds on whether to get another outfront or a compact tractor.

Pros and cons etc.

Outfront is perfect for what I

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Fibre in my diet not welcome

Happy Friday yesterday we turned upto my biggest proudest country garden we work as a big team every  Friday

Sadly FIBRE was been rammed down my throat ( front grass verge ) by a very efficient 15 man Romanian team and one idiot Englishman 

Basically a

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Spring lawn renovation

Whilst this lovely dry sunny weather is a pleasure to work and relax it, we could really do with a spot of rain! I've renovated 6 lawns over the past month - scarify, aerate, top-dress and overseed - not cheap for the customers and they all have high

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HAYTER 56 PRO ISSUES

Asked on forum many times I know - we are using new model Hayter 56 Pro's commercially, on the whole relatively happy but the non height adjustment handles are an issue with multiple operators of different statures, the other issue is build up of gra

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Hayter 41 pro.

Hi, purchased a hayter 41 pro 2 months ago and I thought I'd share my thoughts. For a small machine it's heavy, but I guess that's necessary for a roller mower. It 'feels' bigger than a 41 to use due to the solid build. Has a Honda engine which I kno

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Stihl RMA 235

My maintenance round seems to have ended up being 90% tiny lawns (usually spend more time priming and starting than cutting the lawn) and I've been toying with the idea of battery for the smaller jobs. What I wanted to know is has anyone tried one of

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