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Makita hedge trimmer and others

The old trusty Kawaski hedge trimmer died last week ( gearbox ) so I am in need of a hedge trimmer . I tend to only use the single sided hedgetrimmers and have been tempted by a Makita  EH7500S mainly due to the price of it (  £310 approx ) compared

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Established 6ft+ plant supplier

Looking for wholesale nursery recommendations that have a good constant stock of established 6ft+ plants and hedges. Must be able to offer delivery to West Yorkshire. Thanks in advance

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Small cordless shears

We are looking for recommendations for some small cordless hand held shears for very occasional use on Buxus in pots. Looked on amazon seen Bosch easy shear around £47, anyone have any thoughts, thanks.

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Edging Iron failure

I have just snapped my edging iron, (half moon) cutting around inlaid paving in a lawn. It's only about a year old & supposedly a decent make, with a 15 year gaurantee! When I find the reciept it will be going back.

What brand can anyone recommend tha

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Cub Cadet lawnmowers

Anyone any experience with the 4 wheeled self propelled Cub Cadet mowers?

Been looking at the Cub Cadet Enduro Series XM2 DR46 for my customers town gardens.

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Bark

Evening all,

 

just wondering if anybody has had any success using the bark app? Does it generate leads of any substance? I'm always wary of these things but you never know,

 

thanks in advance,

 

Ben 

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Quick Books V's Sage

Hi all

My accountant is pushing to move us over from QB's to Sage in order to streamline his working process's.Apparently there would be a saving made for us though overall I'm not that enthusiastic to move.Just wondered if anyone else has had experie

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Bamboo

Hi all, hope your well...

A customer has asked me to remove Bamboo from there garden, what's the best method? Treat it or dig it? It looks like it's been planted but is spreading rapidly, thankyou

Steve

 

 

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Transporting tonne sacks across site

Good afternoon all,

When we are on site for several days and produce a lot of green waste we often use several tonne bags and then remove them in one go when finishing up. But on a recent job some silly **** blocked our access to the front of the prop

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Land Drain Layout

First post, so I'll start by saying hello: Hello!

I have been asked to install a land drain under a lawn by a client. I have only previously installed herringbone patterns, but this is often governed by the shape of the land. In this instance however

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Lawn mower power

Hello I have a garden maintenance and landscaping business based near Carlisle and I'm looking at changing my mower fleet. Does anyone know which rear roller mower has the largest horsepower? I find the newer machines compared to my 20yr old 1 which

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Mature (20+ yrs) Japanese Maple and Camellia on offer

Hi all, I have an usual enquiry and I do hope you can help.

I'm trying to give a new life to a couple of beautiful trees in my front garden (Kingston upon Thames), that have overgrown the available space to grow.

Both plants were planted by me 20 years

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Efficient turf removal methods

Due to past experience of the unreliability of some  hired turf removal lifting machinery i have decided to estimate to remove 60 square metres of lawn using my preffered method . 

first cut a line in the turf with a spade and then gently swing  my he

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Business Objectives Group

So I can see there's lots of useful articles I'd like to read in the BOG however if I click on any or even the links about what the group is I get the msg "we're sorry - you're not allowed to see the page you're looking for". Do I need to be a paid m

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Battery pruning shears/secateurs

I'm [my wrists and elbows] are getting fed up of hours of pruning with ordinary secateurs. I, like a lot of you, often spend considerable time using secateurs, whether it be for rose pruning, pollarding or just general shrub and tree maintenance. I'm

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This made me smile

I'm slightly addicted to Facebook market place, there are some good bargains that appear there - but this one takes the biscuit...

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Patio Blackspot

Hi all, I'm looking for the best treatment for blackspot, predominatley on ISS, but also on driveway blocks as well. I spoke to the guys from 'The black spot removal Co.' a couple of years ago but their products are ridicously expensive & they didn't

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Estimating to restore beneath artificial turf ?

I have had a request to provide an estimate to remove an area of artificial turf and create a U shaped flower bed . 

Problem is i need to remove the artificial turf to see what its laid on and may have to remove in terms of sub base material and then

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Bank Accounts

Is it better to use a business account or set up a personal account to use for your business ?

Business account fees involed for everything

Personal account totaly free

Which do you use ?

 

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ride on mowers

Post-Brexit law shift exempts golf buggies and ride-on lawnmowers from compulsory motor insurance | The Independent

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