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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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Using a mechanical turf cutter

Dear Helpful Juicers,

There are lots of video clips that show a turf cutter cutting the first strip.

They don't show wjhat happens next.

Once the first strip is removed one of the wheels is running on fresh soil and the other up on the grass surface.  C

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Beech hedges

Can I just check with you all

.... a new owner has moved into a large house where we  look after the gardens. The drive is bordered by a curvy 12' high beech hedge that has over the years got wider than it should. If we take it back by a foot or so it

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Which total weedkiller

hi all

ive a client with a driveway, it's got  walling each side around 50m long 

70% gravel 30% bare soil, grasses and weeds every season 

thought of strimming it down then applying  a weedkiller may be twice

a year would that keep it down (the grass ma

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sodium hypochlorite

Should sodium hypochlorite be used for cleaning paving?

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Removing wheels from Billy Goat

The wheel looks like it should just pull off the axle.

The silver collar around the axle is fixed and appears to be part of the axle and not part of the bearing.   It is the black rubber that moves.  Cannot upload a video directly from phone.  

There

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Cordless vacuum and cleaning the van ?

I dont know where the time goes . 

Cleaning the van becomes a bit of a chore in these busy times .

I try and take it to the jet wash as much as possible but often find i am in a que adding more time to a busy schedule .

Any recommended products availabl

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Best wholesale perennial suppliers

I am looking for the best perennial suppliers, in terms of variety and wholesale prices. I am in Cornwall. Most wholesale places supplying landscapers seem to prefer doing shrubs, hedging, to topiary, etc. Currently using Plants Direct South West who

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Mower issue

Hello all,

 

I've got a problem with my mower. It's a rover regal mulch n catch or whatever the name is. It's not got the original engine as that popped so it has a Honda replacement. Thing is I can't cut lower then the middle setting as it sucks to th

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Plastic pots

I've got yet another stack of plastic plots left over from a planting job. I re-use as many as I can for my own use in clients gardens/greenhouses and at home, and give many to friends and family and on freecycle etc. but still have loads. Does anyon

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Do battery powered tools justify the cost ?

I am really considering a battery powered Husqvarna 520 iHD70  anyone have one ?

I am just struggling to justify the cost of a  battery powered machine compared to petrol . I'll probably need 2 to 3 batteries and at least a charger or two . the cost i

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decent winter gloves

can anyone post a link to decent waterproof gloves. 

i used to just buy:

latex coated rubber builders gloves orange or green ebay there fine until its wet or dew on grass and they just get soaking .. green hands etc and rough skin.

 

there must be a dece

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