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Can I legally cut a Council Hedge?

A potential customer has just contacted me regarding cutting a Laurel Hedge at the bottom of his garden. During the conversation, he informed me that the hedge was actaully growing on the other side of his fence and was in fact owned by the Council w

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Help....Box caterpillar has attacked

Ive never experienced this one before. In the larger garden I look after (5 acres of it, with lots of old clipped box) I noticed a 2' high quadrant of box hedges were bare (the owner and I agreed it was the exceptionally dry weather. The next week 70

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Waterproof trousers

Think this has been asked before looking for waterproof overtrousers with min rating of 15000 HH. Must have three quarter length leg zips with popper closure over the zips, not velcro. There are a few out there but once you start reading the reviews

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Etesia 100 Hydro

Good morning all.
I'm Pete from Wrexham, an ex mechanic turned tanker driver, retired but still busy fixing things for friends etc.  I'm hoping that someone here can help me.  If, I'm premature in asking as a new member then I understand.

But, basicall

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Makita XGT 40v range vs Husqvarna professional cordless range?

Hello

I'm currently using a hyundai 5 in 1 petrol multi tool for my business, which although decent when working, there is a big emphasis on the "when". Ive decided to convert to all battery power and my first purchase will be a cordless professional

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Lawn treatment options

Off with bad back today so i have weighing up different approaches to the feed, weed and moss killing problem. I've been trying to compare using a granular all in one product with applying 3 different products.

 

Scotts sportsmaster renovator pro is ab

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Liquid Lawn Feed

Hi i have been reading many posts on granular lawn weed n feed vs the liquid version.I used to use the granular feed but after reading alot of you use the liquid weed n feed i have decided to use this way from now on. But as i have never done this be

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Echo or Stihl?

Need a short arm hedgecutter petrol for box topiary, won't be used for anything else so Stihl HC45  Echo 2320 or Echo 2020 ? Anyone got any of these?

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Lookout – Caterpillars About!

Just found and destroyed 2 webs of the brown tail moth caterpillar in this Hawthorn hedge. If left, a couple hundred caterpillars would have emerged and devoured all leaves on a good bit of the hedge in a day or two.

It is best to cut the web out as i

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Ego pro hedge cutter.

Hi, I need to buy a new long reach hedge cutter as my petrol echo died at the end of last year, so I'm thinking it's probably the right opportunity to go battery powered. I'm leaning towards the ego pro htx5300 pa because my local trusted dealer sell

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Sourcing and ordering plants for a client?

Hi there, 

I'm a newby to gardening as a job (just started end of April), but things are going well so far. 

I've got 3 clients each of whome are asking me to buy in plants to plant up areas of their gardens I've cleared. 

I've breezily said yeah fine,

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What is average cost for mowing a garden?

Hi all,

Most of my customers are regular maintenance which I visit every other week.

I would say on average most lawns take me between 15 and 35 mins to mow and strim.My set figure for these jobs is between £20 and £25 each.

I am interested to see wha

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Chelsea

I do have a large dose of cynicism regarding the show gardens with exhibitors stretching the boundaries of practicality,appreciate it's a showcase for design and new ideas which I don't take issue with.

However we have Monty Don's "dog friendly" garde

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Sucker/blower

Looking for one only to pick up box cuttings, petrol machine. Any thoughts on make/model pros and cons, not interested in the blower function it"s purely to pick box up on acouple of jobs. Thanks.

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Ivy Removal

Morning all,

I've just been to have a look at a potential Ivy Removal job. Its covering 1 outside wall up to the roof and protruding up to 2ft outwards. I have a price in mind however I'm unsure how to go about covering myself in the terms and conditi

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Stihl HLA 86

Opinions from users please, is the 3000spm an issue? Won't be using it on conifer. How unwieldy/heavy fully extended? What battery are you using and run time? We need the 3mt reach that is why interested in the 86, or any other suggestions. Thanks.

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DAX Industries RC900 Remote Control Mower

This mower is an absolute beast. Finished a huge job that would have taken 4-5hrs of Strimming in just over 1hr with the remote control slope mower. Not only did it take grass that hadn't been cut in 2 years, it took the slopes in its stride and even

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Suggestions to tidy up our crumbling garden walls

Our patio retaining walls (about 10 years old) are crumbling, pics attached. I believe it’s a combination of frost damage (they’re not frost proof bricks) plus water seepage through the patio, which is moulded cement slabs over type 2. The patio is f

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Battery hedgecutter

Appreciate recent posts on this subject but as the new season approaches starting to focus on the ageing body again!

Am I missing something? Trawled the net looking for an a lighter alternative to our Echo semi long reach machines at 5.9kg, these we u

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How to make ends meet as a professional gardener

Hi all,

I'm looking for a bit of advice really if anyone has any thoughts. I'm a mum to a young toddler so work part time and fit hours into nursery runs so for me it works well to have set regular hours at customers' gardens. Eg x2/3 hours a fortnigh

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